The Pittsburgh Steelers decided to trade wide receiver George Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys earlier this week. Though the Steelers acquired D.K. Metcalf from the Seattle Seahawks earlier this offseason, they give up another talented and productive receiver in Pickens, who had not requested a trade.

On Saturday, head coach Mike Tomlin addressed the media at rookie minicamp and offered up no more clarity on how it all went down. "I'm not going to add any color to it other than what Omar told you guys yesterday,

The George Pickens trade almost never happened because the Dallas Cowboys were in talks with the Baltimore Ravens to land wide receiver Rashod Bateman.