George Pickens

[drmalba]

I know we're all about challenging the narratives here, and Dulac is a god. But maybe the player should have a word...

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[RealSwiss]

There has to be some type of convoluted decision process involved with the Pickens trade that we will likely not, if ever, hear about. How much time and effort have they spent unsuccessfully trying to acquire what they seemingly traded away? From my perspective, this was some type of misguided Tomlin muscle-flex.

If they were really loading up for a Super Bowl, they should have found a way to keep Pickens on the roster and put him to use somehow. Even having teams just have to plan for him would have been helpful. Get him his own assistant/psychiatrist/emotional support animal. Whatever. If he goes completely off the rails or becomes a physical threat to someone on the team, then get rid of him at that time. They'd be no worse off then they are now.

I personally don't buy the idea that one person could destroy the locker room and bring down the whole team without there being any alternative.

Just going to throw this in here because it's pretty fucking funny to me.

This team was willing to shell out big money and draft assets to acquire Aiyuk from the 49ers. Not only did he suffer a significant injury, but then he's proven to be a complete mental case who has skipped meetings and basically cut his team off to the point where that massive contract he signed could be voided. And he's not even going to fight it.

Quality research right there at a time when they were already tired of a young diva WR's antics and having already lived through so many other WR related headaches in the past.

But when you're loading up for a Super Bowl run with a washed Russell Wilson and Justin Fields duo, I guess everything is on the table.

[955876]

What I really respect about Coach is that he was telling me the whole time, 'Just keep being you, George!

Ya. You keep being you. Keep not blocking on run plays. Keep not putting in effort when you weren’t targeted.

Great coaching Jibbs.

When a team can’t utilize a talent like Pickens and instead favors putting Conner Heyward on the field the issue is t the player it’s the coaching.

And how weak is our veteran locker room that lil Georgie Pickens is going to ruin it?

Bunch of nonsense.

This team is dumb.

[.Kodiak]

What I really respect about Coach is that he was telling me the whole time, 'Just keep being you, George!

Ya. You keep being you. Keep not blocking on run plays. Keep not putting in effort when you weren’t targeted.

Great coaching Jibbs.

When a team can’t utilize a talent like Pickens and instead favors putting Conner Heyward on the field the issue is t the player it’s the coaching.

And how weak is our veteran locker room that lil Georgie Pickens is going to ruin it?

Bunch of nonsense.

This team is dumb.

Yeah, that could have come from above Tomlin. Someone decided it was long past time to clean up that WR room. And absolutely DK was part of that overall plan.

People keep talking about this like keeping both was actually an option. Theoretically, yes. But Pickens was the other part of that decision. They knew they didn't have a SB team. The only thing this team "loads up" for is NHALS.

Pickens said it himself right there two posts ago. It was going to be DK and 2 TEs. There was never any real consideration to pairing Pickens and DK. Likely an either/or.

If PIT had any interest in keeping Pickens, they would have done exactly that instead of what they spent on DK.

[K_C_]

In big situations, you'd see Ben Skowronek on the field and Pickens on the sidelines.

it's really that simple and that's our offense.

[Rod & Wire Mill]

Yeah, George would have made all the difference today!

[swissvale72]

A target, eight catches, 122 yards and a touchdown.

But we didn't need him

[955876]

In big situations, you'd see Ben Skowronek on the field and Pickens on the sidelines.

it's really that simple and that's our offense.

Which is why folks need to stop rooting for this team because they aren’t going to win shit with that mindset.

We give away weapons because of our own self imposed idiocy about how we want to play football.

Ben whatever they fuck his name is scares nobody ever and never will.

And yet Pitt pairs him up with Conner fucking Heyward and things they are on to something.

[Steelperch]

A target, eight catches, 122 yards and a touchdown.

But we didn't need him

Again, we don’t need our current offensive coaches and philosophy that come from Tomlin. No WR or QB will succeed here until Tomlin is gone. You should root for losses

[TimmayLake]

Another trademark Pickens Implosion this week. Glad he's not our problem anymore...

[Obviously]

Why can't we get players like him?

Oh wait..

[955876]

The only thing this team "loads up" for is NHALS.

Exactly. If this team really wanted to compete for a SB they would have never traded Pickens. They’d keep him in a contract year and if he acted up bench him.

In that situation you end up with CAIII, Roman Wilson, or Ben scrubs Scronek as your number 2. Just like we have now.

A team serious bout winning recognizes the matchup problems DK & Pickens create.

But but but our lockeroom..

Out one side of Pickens mouth he says how much he respects Jibbs while at the same time creates locker room problems doesn’t play hard.

Nobody respects Jibbs. What they do appreciate him allowing them to do whatever the fuck they want to do.

You do you George no matter how fucked up ot is.

[Stosh-67]

Good for George that he escaped the weekly insanity of Chief Obtuse and his safe predictable offense.

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[Stillerz Bar]

A target, eight catches, 122 yards and a touchdown.

But we didn't need him

There's a difference between whether we needed him and whether he would have anywhere near those numbers on the Steelers.

[langer]

Pickens is #2 in receiving yards.

DK 31.

[swissvale72]

Meanwhile… Back in Pittsburgh, deep balls to DK are intercepted just as often as completed

[swissvale72]

This could be worse than the San Antonio homes for a bucket of mud trade. At least then. The wide receiver room still included Hines Ward, Antonio, Brown, Mike, Wallace, and I believe in Emmanuel Sanders were still on the team.

[swissvale72]

This could be worse than the San Antonio homes for a bucket of mud trade. At least then. The wide receiver room still included Hines Ward, Antonio, Brown, Mike, Wallace, and I believe in Emmanuel Sanders were still on the team.

Dumb mother-fuckers,

[TimmayLake]

Pickens is a legit contender for OPOY. Meanwhile on the Steelers offense....

[955876]

Pickens is #2 in receiving yards.

DK 31.

But but but we run a TE centric scheme. You gotta factor that.

Begs the question, why the fuck do we run a TE centric scheme when it leads to a shitty offense?

[Gonzo]

the thing about DK coming in is a bit of a red herring
pickens didn't want to be here even before that - it's why they brought DK

[Steeldrama]

Pickens is a legit contender for OPOY. Meanwhile on the Steelers offense....

Nope

I read that wrong

[CKSteeler]

Meanwhile the Cowboys are 5-5-1. But yea, Pickens is going to get paid by some team and we'll see what he's about after that for real.

Again, would have kept him nominally because they are going all-in on this season with a veteran laden roster and it makes more sense. You also only got a 3rd which you would have gotten a year later, anyway (at least most likely)..

But how can we really compare this to a trade that arguably cost a legit team a Super Bowl? We can't. Add Pickens, this team still isn't contending for a playoff win let alone a run. But yes, they'd be a better football team for one year.

[K_C_]

In big situations, you'd see Ben Skowronek on the field and Pickens on the sidelines.

it's really that simple and that's our offense.

Which is why folks need to stop rooting for this team because they aren’t going to win shit with that mindset.

We give away weapons because of our own self imposed idiocy about how we want to play football.

Ben whatever they fuck his name is scares nobody ever and never will.

And yet Pitt pairs him up with Conner fucking Heyward and things they are on to something.

The stadium will remain packed and Tomlin, as much as I hate him, will probably have them in contention for a playoff spot until the end of the season.

I expected them to lose today and I expect they'll upset Buffalo next week.

That's just how shit works out for this team, somehow and for Mikey T.

[955876]

This could be worse than the San Antonio homes for a bucket of mud trade. At least then. The wide receiver room still included Hines Ward, Antonio, Brown, Mike, Wallace, and I believe in Emmanuel Sanders were still on the team.

Dumb mother-fuckers,

We certainly were deeper then than now. However, Brown, Wallace, and Sanders (the young money crew) were green as fuck.

I fully believe (as I know you do) that Holmes absolutely would have helped us in that game. Maybe to the point we win.

So that trade was worse because it quite possibly cost us a SB.

The Pickens trade was just a stupid fucking team doing stupid fucking shit.

We weren’t winning anything with Pickens because Jibbs and Dunce insist on running whatever this dumb form of offense is.

[TimmayLake]

Pickens is #2 in receiving yards.

DK 31.

But but but we run a TE centric scheme. You gotta factor that.

Begs the question, why the fuck do we run a TE centric scheme when it leads to a shitty offense?

Related question: why do we run a TE centric scheme when we have one of the shittiest roster of TEs in the entire league? Not a single true TE1. A bunch of TE2s...

[Stillerz Bar]

Pickens is #2 in receiving yards.

DK 31.

At $30 million for DK that's about $1.75 million per game..... and he's averaging 52 yards per game.

As bad as 573 yards through 11 games is,.that's almost double the #2 receiver's yardage.

Bottom line, our passing game sucks no matter the QB

[TimmayLake]

It's funny how at the start of this thread some made the argument that despite having Pickens the Cowboys had a much worse record than the AFCN-leading Steelers.

Fast forward to today the Steelers and Cowboys basically have the same record, the Steelers have fallen to 2nd place in the AFCN and the Cowboys are in better position to with the NFCE than the Steelers are to win their own division.

[Stillerz Bar]

I expected them to lose today and I expect they'll upset Buffalo next week.

That's just how shit works out for this team, somehow and for Mikey T.

Yup - they'll lose winnable games and then go beat a better team.

Buffalo has been almost as big of an enigma as the Steelers this year. They've lost to worse teams than the Steelers so who knows what will happen next week.

[stillthere]

I expected them to lose today and I expect they'll upset Buffalo next week.

That's just how shit works out for this team, somehow and for Mikey T.

Yup - they'll lose winnable games and then go beat a better team.

Buffalo has been almost as big of an enigma as the Steelers this year. They've lost to worse teams than the Steelers so who knows what will happen next week.

They lost to NE, Atlanta, Miami & Houston.

I know PGH beat NE but I would not say we are better and I can't say for a fact that any of the other 3 teams are worse than the Steelers.