Pittsburgh Steelers wideout George Pickens has grow to be the topic of criticism this week after followers referred to as out his lack of effort throughout Pittsburgh’s 30-13 loss to the Indianapolis Colts. He confirmed no urgency to take down Julian Blackmon, who recorded an interception off of Mitch Trubisky within the fourth quarter, and did not block for teammate Jaylen Warren on what might have been a landing.
On Tuesday, Pickens addressed his failure to dam for his teammate, explaining his resolution to let up on his project.
“I used to be making an attempt to forestall a Tank Dell scenario,” Pickens stated, via The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Dell, the rookie phenom of the Houston Texans, suffered a fractured fibula earlier this month after getting folded awkwardly whereas blocking on a run play on the aim line.
“I did not wish to get injured,” Pickens stated. “Once you keep in and block any person, you will get run on very simply.”
Pickens tried to level to the truth that everybody on the group is dissatisfied with the Steelers being on a three-game dropping streak, not simply him.
“Everyone is mad if you lose,” Pickens stated. “A whole lot of media guys wish to say it is my frustrations, however it’s dropping. I am fairly positive everyone seems to be mad, not simply me.”
Pickens has caught 52 passes for 814 yards and three touchdowns in 14 video games performed this season. Whereas he is on monitor to surpass his rookie-season numbers, Pickens has not skilled the sort of explosion some anticipated he would in 2023.
The Steelers, who at the moment are 7-7 and on the surface trying in on the playoff image, noticed their playoff possibilities drop from 80% to beneath 5% throughout this dropping streak, per SportsLine. Pittsburgh has scored 18 or fewer factors in 5 straight video games, and it recorded simply 216 yards of complete offense vs. Indianapolis. That quantity marked a season low.
