This offseason is set to be filled with Maxx Crosby trade rumors.
The Las Vegas Raiders' superstar pass rusher may very well be on a new team by the time the 2026 NFL season gets underway.
There's a chance that team is the Dallas Cowboys.
And there's a chance the trade cost is George Pickens.
That's the scenario laid out in a new article on Friday by ESPN's Dan Graziano. He suggests that the Cowboys could trade Pickens and the No. 20 overall pick to the Raiders for Crosby and the No. 36 overall pick.
Rather than devoting cap space to a No. 2 WR, the Cowboys would instead give it to a replacement for Micah Parsons.
"The Cowboys likely aren't going to fork over a long-term, top-of-market deal for Pickens, and franchise-tagging him could cause more problems than it solves (as it did last year with edge rusher Micah Parsons)," Graziano writes. "They get back Crosby, who will make around $30 million per year for the next two years and would replace Parsons. Then, Dallas could look elsewhere for its No. 2 wide receiver."
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The Raiders would get a top target for presumed new QB Fernando Mendoza.
"The Raiders would have to sign Pickens long-term, but they're not already paying CeeDee Lamb top-three WR money, as the Cowboys are," Graziano writes. "Pickens fits better into Las Vegas' budget than he does into Dallas' roster."
There's certainly some intriguing logic here.
At the same time, it'd be fascinating to watch Dallas trade Pickens away after his career-best season.
And the Raiders probably aren't in a rush to deal a superstar like Crosby, either.
If this trade ended up happening, it'd be one of the most notable deals in recent memory in the NFL.
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