In his first public feedback since buying and selling gifted however touch-and-go large receiver George Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers Omar Khan shared a bit extra about how the deal took place.
“It type of occurred rapidly. We had some individuals inquire through the draft. Nothing that actually made sense,” Khan instructed the media on Friday. “And the Cowboys reached out … earlier this week, and so they proposed one thing for us to consider. We had conversations internally. We additionally had some conversations with George’s agent, Dave [Mulugheta], who I’ve an excellent relationship with, and we mentioned the place issues have been with George, the place they’re, and the place issues may go along with George. And this commerce is sensible for everybody.”
“We simply type of talked about it, a number of critical dialog, sincere conversations, and we simply felt {that a} recent begin for each side was the best factor,” he added, noting that Mulugheta by no means vocalized a want for Pickens to be dealt.
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The GM additionally took a second to deal with the workforce’s depth at large receiver, which is able to clearly look fairly completely different with out the dynamic Pickens within the combine.
“We would not have executed this if we did not be ok with the receiver scenario, about our depth there,” Khan mentioned. “I do know individuals make a comparability about final yr. It is not even near being the identical.”
As for what’s completely different, “Clearly, we made the funding with DK [Metcalf],” Khan continued. “We have had one other yr with a few of the younger guys and gotten to know them, watch them develop. We added Robert Woods. Roman [Wilson] is wholesome. I’ve seen him the final couple weeks out right here and the way he is doing, and we noticed how he was progressing on the finish of final yr. Clearly, he did not get the prospect to get on the sector, however there was some pleasure there. However we’ve got an excellent group.”
If the chance so as to add one other receiver presents itself, nonetheless, Khan just isn’t ruling out one other acquisition.
“If there’s a possibility so as to add a playmaker and offense, no matter whether or not it is a receiver or no matter it’s, we’re gonna look into it,” he famous. “And if it is sensible, it is sensible. However there’s all the time good gamers obtainable.”
Pickens recorded 2,841 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns throughout 48 video games performed with the Steelers. In Dallas, he ought to show an thrilling new goal for QB Dak Prescott and a stable complement to WR1 CeeDee Lamb.