ESPN analyst believes Chiefs would make aggressive trade offer for Cowboys' Pro Bowl WR image
The Kansas City Chiefs just lost back-to-back games to the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos. To win the AFC West, the Chiefs might need to get some help.
While replacing Harrison Butker amid his kicking woes would surely help, their biggest area of need is at wide receiver. Rashee Rice has been banged up, Xavier Worthy has been disappointing, and Tyquan Thornton is out for the year.
With that need in mind, ESPN's Ben Solak believes that the Chiefs would offer the Dallas Cowboys an aggressive trade package for Pro Bowl wide receiver George Pickens if the Cowboys were to entertain any offers this season.
ESPN analyst believes Chiefs would make strong trade offer for George Pickens
"If Pickens and Dallas have no long-term future, why wait for the compensatory draft pick in 2028? Why go through all of the necessary rigamarole to preserve that comp pick when they can get a guaranteed third-round pick in a trade now -- and likely more! The Chiefs would do it," Solak writes.
Getting Patrick Mahomes some help at wide receiver is the Chiefs' top priority before the 2026 NFL trade deadline. While someone like Hollywood Brown from the Philadelphia Eagles would help, a star-level player would be a lot more appealing.
Josh Downs from the Indianapolis Colts has emerged as a likely trade target, but if Kansas City has a chance to land Pickens from the Cowboys, Solak believes they will take it.
Considering the uncertain future of Travis Kelce, Chris Jones, and Andy Reid as they all get older, going all-in for the 2026 season would make sense.
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If there is one position this team needs more than anything else, it would be wide receiver. Pickens would be an incredible get for the Chiefs this November.
He'd instantly become the No. 1 WR on the roster, and he'd also help round out a strong WR room with a lot of different types of playmakers. Pickens might be the dream scenario for the Chiefs at the trade deadline.
Will the Cowboys trade him? It's not likely, especially with the Cowboys still in contention for the NFC East amid a weak division.
But if Dallas makes Pickens available, the Chiefs should be aggressive in their pursuit of the star WR. Solak believes the Chiefs would offer more than a third-rounder for him, and considering how great of a pickup he'd be, that wouldn't be a bad idea at all.
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