Giana Han of the Baltimore Banner recently did a segment where she went around the Baltimore Ravens locker room and asked players what they thought of quarterback Lamar Jackson’s new unisex cologne.
At the 1:11 mark of the video, an unnamed player in the background said the cologne kinda smells like George Pickens.
A second unnamed player chimed in and asked, “Soft?”
The first unnamed player then replied, ‘Yeah just like that.'”
The two unnamed Ravens are not the only players in the AFC North who think Pickens is soft, as Cleveland Browns cornerback Greg Newsome II called him out after their skirmish at the end of the Week 12 game.
On the final play of the game, Pickens tried to throw Newsome into the wall behind the end zone after a failed Hail Mary attempt, similar to what he did at Georgia. The fight wasn’t captured during the broadcast, but Pickens was seen being held back by security near the stands.
“He’s a fake tough guy,” Newsome said. “He does a lot of that. The antics and stuff. Yeah, he didn’t even go up for the ball. He was just trying to do WrestleMania with me the whole time. So that’s what happened at the end.”
Pickens had an embarrassing performance in Saturday night’s lackluster loss to the Bengals, as he finished the game with one catch on six targets for zero yards. He also had three drops.
Pickens needed to bounce back after a subpar performance against the Kansas City Chiefs where he quit on a route on Russell Wilson’s crucial red zone interception, and he dramatically fell short.
Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe did not hold back on Mike Tomlin and George Pickens on the Nightcap podcast with former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson.
Sharpe thinks Tomlin’s enabling of Pickens’ malcontent behavior is a big problem, so that’s why he enjoyed watching the downfall on Saturday night.
“I love when they punish bad behavior. They punish George Pickens tonight. And I love it. Yes, sir. And I’ve been telling you from day one. I say, you know what, Mike Tomlin, you condone George Pickens’ behavior. You tolerate things in a win you never would in a loss,” Sharpe said. “I don’t believe you can win with him. I want somebody else to win. I want him to grow with somebody else. Because that behavior, his play don’t overcompensate his behavior.”