It seems that Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens can’t stay out of the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Most recently it was what seemed to be some lazy route running against the Kansas City Chiefs that resulted in quarterback Russell Wilson throwing an interception in the end zone.
At this point, the only person not blaming Pickens for what happened is head coach Mike Tomlin. In Tomlin’s opinion, Pickens cutting off his route short had zero to do with what went wrong.
Literally everyone else, including Steelers legend Ben Roethlisberger, saw it differently. Roethlisberger talked about it on his podcast and he didn’t hold back. According to Roethlisberger and literally every NFL analyst, Pickens running a lazy route allowed Chiefs safety Justin Reid to roll to the middle and make the pick in front of tight end Pat Freiermuth. If Pickens runs his go route hard, Reid has to shade to his side and Freiermuth probably catches an easy touchdown.
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