NFL Exec believes that everyone has learned their lesson about trade talks with Steelers ‘after the Chase Claypool Fleecing’: Kinkhabwala

The George Pickens of Pittsburgh Steelers is a topic of conversation after Pittsburgh has agreed to act against DK Metcalf. While there were already speculation that they could perform the earlier choice of the second round, the addition of a legitimate No. 1 gives them greater flexibility. Nevertheless, a trade could make more difficult – only because of the history of the Steelers in previous shops.

“If Mike Tomlin gives up a player, only a delusions on this player would take a chance,” Aditi Kinkhabwala wrote on Monday on X about the Steelers, the George Pickens may act. “Today said to a manager who said after the Chase Claypool refugee, he thinks everyone gets that.”

She added: “There is no George Pickens casting” for a team that deals with the Steelers. Of course, this is in the eye of the viewer, and if a team sees the talent of Pickens, the Steelers could handle him. And nobody denies the talent that has pickens. And there are always teams who believe that they can get a player out more than their former team.

George Pickens did not benefit from the Steelers in the field, it is fair to say. He not only survived the bad quarterback game, but also a bad game to carry out most of his career and plan. While they were upgraded in these areas last year, there is clearly unused potential.

And it is fair to ask how committed picking can be if he believes that the Steelers cannot maximize his talents. He is an emotional player and clearly believes that he is able to do more than they offer. You do not write black in your eye that you are always open unless you try to make a point.

But if you weigh that against history, it is difficult to ignore. Even if you accept that George Pickens is very talented, it would still be the Steelers who throw it. And you can only give it at a high price, as you did with Martavis Bryant and Chase Claypool, but this only increases the precaution flag higher. Because the teams thought at the time that Bryant and Claypool were immobile – and then they moved.

The acquisition of DK Metcalf by Steelers should possibly pause the teams even more about George Pickens. Now you have no urgency to move because you have your top recipient. There is no hurry to move pickens or actually move it at all. After all, he could possibly make a selection of the third round in 2027. So why with a selection of the third round, if you can do another season games?

According to my best knowledge, this comment from Kinkhabwala is the first public recognition that the Steelers have a reputation in the league due to earlier shops such as Chase Claypool. As a refreshment, the bears exchanged their Steelers their 2023 second round for Claypool in 2022.

The Steelers used the Draft Pick to select CB Joey Porter Jr. 33. Since then, Claypool has come to two other teams. Less than a year later, the bears exchanged him against the dolphins to the dolphins to achieve an exchange with a late one. The dolphins didn’t bother him to sign him again, and Claypool finally joined the bills. He was waived/injured in August and never signed another team without a contract for the 2024 season.