This was coming. If you’ve followed the Steelers at all this offseason, you could feel the storm building around George Pickens. This all traces back to week 13, when Pickens had a meltdown on the field against the Bengals. Two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, one too many scowls, and Mike Tomlin had seen enough. “He’s just got to grow up, man,” Tomlin said afterward. “It’s an emotional game… but he’s got to grow up. He’s got to grow up in a hurry.”
And now? According to Adam Schefter, while the Steelers aren’t shopping Pickens door-to-door, they’re not slamming the phone down either. If the right offer comes during the draft, they’re listening. Here’s where it gets spicy: Pittsburgh just handed DK Metcalf a big-money deal after acquiring him in a splashy offseason trade.
But that move didn’t just shake the depth chart. It shook the locker room. Pickens, once WR1, is now WR2. Maybe. And let’s not pretend he’s taken the demotion in stride. There’s tension. There’s timing. And there’s Tomlin, who doesn’t do circus acts.
