It has been a week now since the Dallas Cowboys pulled the trigger on a trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers for George Pickens. The move checked a huge box the Cowboys left unchecked in last month’s draft.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott expressed his excitement on Wednesday about the team acquiring wide receiver George Pickens from the Pittsburgh Steelers. On May 8, the Cowboys confirmed that they traded a 2026 third-round pick and a 2027 fifth-rounder for Pickens and a 2027 sixth-round pick.

The biggest post-draft move of the 2025 NFL offseason was undoubtedly the trade that sent George Pickens from the Pittsburgh Steelers to the Dallas Cowboys. The move fulfilled a long-standing expectation among Cowboys fans that the team would finally bring in a true complement to CeeDee Lamb,

The Steelers traded George Pickens to the Cowboys, and the talented wideout's presence in the locker room may have been the chief reason.