Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it’s George Pickens’ continued negative behavior outside the whistles.
Against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, Pickens was flagged for two personal fouls, one for taunting and one for making a finger-gun gesture toward the crowd, which is a point of emphasis in the NFL this season. That came on the heels of Pickens’ actions last week, when he starting fighting with Cleveland Browns cornerback Greg Newsome II before the end of the final play, continued well after the whistle and nearly into the stands, and then said that the Browns aren’t a good team and that the Steelers lost because of the officials and the weather.
The Steelers have to make a decision about whether or not to give Pickens a contract extension after this season, and it’s not necessarily looking good despite him being in the top 10 of NFL receivers.
Is Pickens playing his way out of Pittsburgh with his antics? Alan breaks it down.
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