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,

The Cowboys shocked the NFL world when they acquired George Pickens for near-pennies — and while every analyst and insider had an opinion on when those trade talks actually began, Steelers GM Omar Khan put the conversation to bed.

The Steelers nearly held onto George Pickens as the Cowboys first looked into acquiring a different AFC North receiver.