We said last week that Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens isn’t talented enough to be such a red flag in games. How much on-field nonsense the Steelers can tolerate has to be balanced out by production and for Pickens, those things aren’t happening.
Barely through two quarters against the Cincinnati Bengals, Pickens already has two personal fouls, one of with was a taunt. This put him on notice that another personal foul of that type would result in an ejection. Fortunately for Pickens, when he got an unsportsmanlike penalty for a finger-gun celebration, the officials decided it didn’t fall into the same category.
Last week Pickens refused to talk to the media after getting into a fight at the end of the Steelers loss to the Cleveland Browns on the team’s final play. If the Steelers can’t find a way to win this one, Pickens will once again have to answer for his behavior and its impact on the team.
