"As Jourdan Lewis walked up the Acrisure Stadium hallway to the Dallas Cowboys' locker room after a 20-17 win against the Pittsburgh Steelers last season, the cornerback wasn't shy about his feelings toward George Pickens. After the final play of the game and some trash-talking back and forth, Pickens yanked Lewis to the ground by his face mask. "Pittsburgh need a receiver," Lewis, now with the Jaguars, said loudly enough for anybody to hear. "George Pickens is weak.""
"It wasn't only opponents who had issues with Pickens. The Steelers, who made him a second-round pick in 2022, were growing tired of his apparent immaturity. "He's a child," one Steelers source said bluntly about the team's problems with Pickens. "The playmaking is breathtaking. You can't take that away from him. He just really struggled with the maturity part [in Pittsburgh]. You didn't know what you were going to get day to day.""
Jourdan Lewis publicly taunted George Pickens after a Cowboys win, and Pickens physically grabbed Lewis by the face mask following trash talk. Lewis called Pickens "weak" while walking into the Cowboys' locker room. Steelers personnel expressed frustration with Pickens' immaturity and daily unpredictability despite acknowledging his playmaking ability. Pickens was a second-round pick in 2022, but Pittsburgh grew tired of the consistency and behavioral issues. Seven months after the Acrisure Stadium incident, Dallas acquired Pickens and a 2027 sixth-round pick from Pittsburgh in exchange for a 2026 third-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick. It could not have worked out better for Dallas.
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