May 7, 2025 • 6 mins
"Can George Pickens transform the Cowboys' offense and lead them to a championship?" This compelling question sets the stage for an electrifying episode of The Ben and Skin Show. Join hosts Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray as they dissect the Cowboys' latest trade and its potential to reshape the team's future.In this episode, the team dives into the details of the Cowboys' acquisition of Steelers wide receiver George Pickens. They explore the implications of the trade, the challenges Pickens has faced with subpar quarterbacks, and how Dak Prescott could be the game-changer he needs. The hosts also discuss Pickens' fiery personality and the impact it might have on the team dynamics.The analysis of Pickens' stats and how they compare to other top NFL receiving duos. The humorous and candid discussion about Pickens' personality and his reputation for being demonstrative on the field. The debate over the potential risks and rewards of the trade, including the impact on Dak Prescott and the Cowboys' offense.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You're all work from Cowboys.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Through all right. Yeah, we talked about it a little
bit earlier in the show. The Cowboys this Morning made
a trade for the Steelers wide receiver George Pickens. The
Cowboys are giving up a third round pick in next
year's draft, a fifth round pick a couple years later
they get a sixth back story on George Pickens is
interesting because he is going to be needing a contract soon,
(00:26):
not this year, but next year. He's had three years
in Pittsburgh with absolutely garbage quarterbacks. Dak Prescott far and
away will be the best quarterback he's ever played with
in his life.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
And that's important to know because when you see his
stats out there, they're like, Okay, well those are good,
but they're not great stats. But when you contextualize it
with what a dumpster fire the quarterback situation has been
in Pittsburgh, that's pretty solid production. And when you think
of the best receiving duos in the NFL, you think
(00:55):
of over the past few years, you think of Tyreek Hill,
Jalen Waddle, AJ Devonte Smith, Jamar Chase t Higgins, Mike Evans,
Chris Goodwin, Godwin. Right, so you think about those if
you look at these, if you look at ced Lamb
and George Pickens number since twenty twenty two, even though
Pickens has been playing with terrible quarterbacks, that duo would
(01:19):
have the second most yards in the NFL of any
duo since twenty twenty two.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Yeah, this is like a very good move by them,
I think. And this the big moment is what happens. Well,
there's two things. There's two major questions about George Pickens.
The first thing was just get it out of the way.
He's a crazy person, right, he will tell you that. Okay,
he loves chaos. And you guys remember him fighting with
(01:45):
Jordan Lewis in that game last year. Jordan Lewis had
a funny Tweet's like God wanted me to be in Jacksonville.
I guess God has a plan, man. But George Pickens
is a guy who absolutely thinks he is the best
wide receiver in the world.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
And he's not every every good receiver thinks that though.
So it's okay, I don't mind my receiver's thinking that.
I want them to think that. Look, the biggest concern
about him is is he going to lose his mind
on the field and throw tantrums or get in a fistfight,
or be disruptive or show up late or not care.
I don't I don't know. I did like this. There
was a there was a pose from an ESPN NFL
(02:21):
analyst who said, I've talked to the Steelers folks, George
Pickens is a demonstrative is demonstrative on the field, but
he is not an uncoachable player. In fact, uh, he
does have a great way about him in the locker
room and is very well liked in Pittsburgh. So I'm like, Okay,
that's good to because the highlights you see are his
low lights of him losing it on the field. But dude,
(02:41):
they just I mean, I can't be mad at this.
This is what we've wanted them to do. Go help
this team, Go make a big trade that really impacts things.
And this is going to help Ceedee Lamb and Dak
Prescott in the offense so much. This is awesome.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Yeah, I think anyone who's got a problem with this,
then I would like to make sure if you have
a problem with this, then you better not have been
bitching about how things have been going. Cover has been
boring for a while now, and this is the absolute
opposite of boring. It's a terrible trade. If you just
let him go for nothing, though, and you get gave
away a third, that's where it gets gets bad. He
has the same agent as Michael Parsons. I saw the
(03:19):
report on that too. I mean, the the problem with
that report is I don't know, I don't know what
other players say to him, but he was fined multiple times.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Ten he was signed ten times. The other thing to
and add context to this, to just be the counterpoint
to what Ben was saying about the ESPN analyst Albert
Breer is like, man, if the Steelers give up on
a wide receiver, that should tell you a lot and
and and he for Tomlin to not have his back
(03:49):
tells you a lot. Well, they also did. They just
traded for what's his name, the giant awesome receiver in Pittsburgh.
Didn't they sign him? Didn't they just go I'm not sure? Yeah,
what's that giant dude name who was in Seattle? Didn't
they get him? Oh?
Speaker 2 (04:01):
DK Metcalf, they traded for DK metca.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Yeah, they traded for DK Metcalf. And so maybe you
could look at it. So they're not going to pay.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Two Yeah, This is one of my favorite things to watch,
actually was the Aaron Rodgers watch. If Aaron Rodgers went
to Pittsburgh and George Pickens was there, someone would die. Yeah,
Like I do believe I've heard it was going to combust.
So here's the thing that I also want to say
real quickly though, is that Dak Prescott's really never dealt
with a guy who's like, I'm open all the time.
Ceedee Lamb has in Week five because he's mad at
(04:28):
the offense, gone to the end of the sideline, held
his helmet and bitched openly.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
And then Mike McCarthy designed better plays. So there's a
lot on Schottenheimer's plate to keep everyone happy.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Here, And let me add some additional context to that.
The issue is that he has one year left on
his deal and there's several reports out there saying he
doesn't want to negotiate right now. He wants to go
out there and show you so he can get the
big money. Well, when a player is in that position
and they don't get the ball, it causes big problems,
and so Dak will absolutely have to deal with that.
(05:00):
Now that's part of Dak's job. He's the highest paid
quarterback in the league. And you know, we had Dez
Bryant here for a long time, and we love Dez,
but Dez had that issue. Tony had to deal with it.
Dak had to deal with it a little bit, right,
And so I'm just saying, this could be amazing. This
guy could unlock our offense in unbelievable ways. But I
(05:22):
do think if you look at his track record and
look at the fact that if they've put the feelers
out there, we're gonna go get numbers to go get
the big deal. Well, you got to get the ball
to go put up the numbers, and it impacts players
in every sport when they're in a contract here and
they do not get their touches. I saw this from
Warren Sharp. Dak over the last two years number one
most passing yards on fifteen plus yard go routes in
(05:43):
the NFL. Number two most attempts on fifteen plus yard
go routes. George Pickens the last two years, number one,
most receiving yards on fifteen plus yard go routes, Number
two most catches on fifteen plus yard go routes. Dude,
he could unlock Dak and open up the cowboy offense
in some awesome ways, and if the end result is
you're either gonna have to pay him a ton of
(06:04):
money or just watch that third round pick lead leave.
If he puts up huge numbers, they're gonna be really
good this year. All right, Coming up next, let's get
back to our millennial bracket from the other day. Who
didn't make it and why we'll have that next right
here on ninety seven point one, The Eagle
You're all work from Cowboys.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Through all right. Yeah, we talked about it a little
bit earlier in the show. The Cowboys this Morning made
a trade for the Steelers wide receiver George Pickens. The
Cowboys are giving up a third round pick in next
year's draft, a fifth round pick a couple years later
they get a sixth back story on George Pickens is
interesting because he is going to be needing a contract soon,
(00:26):
not this year, but next year. He's had three years
in Pittsburgh with absolutely garbage quarterbacks. Dak Prescott far and
away will be the best quarterback he's ever played with
in his life.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
And that's important to know because when you see his
stats out there, they're like, Okay, well those are good,
but they're not great stats. But when you contextualize it
with what a dumpster fire the quarterback situation has been
in Pittsburgh, that's pretty solid production. And when you think
of the best receiving duos in the NFL, you think
(00:55):
of over the past few years, you think of Tyreek Hill,
Jalen Waddle, AJ Devonte Smith, Jamar Chase t Higgins, Mike Evans,
Chris Goodwin, Godwin. Right, so you think about those if
you look at these, if you look at ced Lamb
and George Pickens number since twenty twenty two, even though
Pickens has been playing with terrible quarterbacks, that duo would
(01:19):
have the second most yards in the NFL of any
duo since twenty twenty two.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Yeah, this is like a very good move by them,
I think. And this the big moment is what happens. Well,
there's two things. There's two major questions about George Pickens.
The first thing was just get it out of the way.
He's a crazy person, right, he will tell you that. Okay,
he loves chaos. And you guys remember him fighting with
(01:45):
Jordan Lewis in that game last year. Jordan Lewis had
a funny Tweet's like God wanted me to be in Jacksonville.
I guess God has a plan, man. But George Pickens
is a guy who absolutely thinks he is the best
wide receiver in the world.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
And he's not every every good receiver thinks that though.
So it's okay, I don't mind my receiver's thinking that.
I want them to think that. Look, the biggest concern
about him is is he going to lose his mind
on the field and throw tantrums or get in a fistfight,
or be disruptive or show up late or not care.
I don't I don't know. I did like this. There
was a there was a pose from an ESPN NFL
(02:21):
analyst who said, I've talked to the Steelers folks, George
Pickens is a demonstrative is demonstrative on the field, but
he is not an uncoachable player. In fact, uh, he
does have a great way about him in the locker
room and is very well liked in Pittsburgh. So I'm like, Okay,
that's good to because the highlights you see are his
low lights of him losing it on the field. But dude,
(02:41):
they just I mean, I can't be mad at this.
This is what we've wanted them to do. Go help
this team, Go make a big trade that really impacts things.
And this is going to help Ceedee Lamb and Dak
Prescott in the offense so much. This is awesome.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Yeah, I think anyone who's got a problem with this,
then I would like to make sure if you have
a problem with this, then you better not have been
bitching about how things have been going. Cover has been
boring for a while now, and this is the absolute
opposite of boring. It's a terrible trade. If you just
let him go for nothing, though, and you get gave
away a third, that's where it gets gets bad. He
has the same agent as Michael Parsons. I saw the
(03:19):
report on that too. I mean, the the problem with
that report is I don't know, I don't know what
other players say to him, but he was fined multiple times.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Ten he was signed ten times. The other thing to
and add context to this, to just be the counterpoint
to what Ben was saying about the ESPN analyst Albert
Breer is like, man, if the Steelers give up on
a wide receiver, that should tell you a lot and
and and he for Tomlin to not have his back
(03:49):
tells you a lot. Well, they also did. They just
traded for what's his name, the giant awesome receiver in Pittsburgh.
Didn't they sign him? Didn't they just go I'm not sure? Yeah,
what's that giant dude name who was in Seattle? Didn't
they get him? Oh?
Speaker 2 (04:01):
DK Metcalf, they traded for DK metca.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Yeah, they traded for DK Metcalf. And so maybe you
could look at it. So they're not going to pay.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Two Yeah, This is one of my favorite things to watch,
actually was the Aaron Rodgers watch. If Aaron Rodgers went
to Pittsburgh and George Pickens was there, someone would die. Yeah,
Like I do believe I've heard it was going to combust.
So here's the thing that I also want to say
real quickly though, is that Dak Prescott's really never dealt
with a guy who's like, I'm open all the time.
Ceedee Lamb has in Week five because he's mad at
(04:28):
the offense, gone to the end of the sideline, held
his helmet and bitched openly.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
And then Mike McCarthy designed better plays. So there's a
lot on Schottenheimer's plate to keep everyone happy.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Here, And let me add some additional context to that.
The issue is that he has one year left on
his deal and there's several reports out there saying he
doesn't want to negotiate right now. He wants to go
out there and show you so he can get the
big money. Well, when a player is in that position
and they don't get the ball, it causes big problems,
and so Dak will absolutely have to deal with that.
(05:00):
Now that's part of Dak's job. He's the highest paid
quarterback in the league. And you know, we had Dez
Bryant here for a long time, and we love Dez,
but Dez had that issue. Tony had to deal with it.
Dak had to deal with it a little bit, right,
And so I'm just saying, this could be amazing. This
guy could unlock our offense in unbelievable ways. But I
(05:22):
do think if you look at his track record and
look at the fact that if they've put the feelers
out there, we're gonna go get numbers to go get
the big deal. Well, you got to get the ball
to go put up the numbers, and it impacts players
in every sport when they're in a contract here and
they do not get their touches. I saw this from
Warren Sharp. Dak over the last two years number one
most passing yards on fifteen plus yard go routes in
(05:43):
the NFL. Number two most attempts on fifteen plus yard
go routes. George Pickens the last two years, number one,
most receiving yards on fifteen plus yard go routes, Number
two most catches on fifteen plus yard go routes. Dude,
he could unlock Dak and open up the cowboy offense
in some awesome ways, and if the end result is
you're either gonna have to pay him a ton of
(06:04):
money or just watch that third round pick lead leave.
If he puts up huge numbers, they're gonna be really
good this year. All right, Coming up next, let's get
back to our millennial bracket from the other day. Who
didn't make it and why we'll have that next right
here on ninety seven point one, The Eagle
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