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Pickens on sideline tirade: 'It's only what you paint it out to be'

George Pickens was none at all interested in addressing this:

Pickens drew just two targets from Kenny Pickett in Sunday's 19-16 victory at Atlanta. In this above GIF, lip-readers might suggest Pickens saying, "Throw me the ball, man! Throw me the f---ing ball!" in the fourth quarter, shortly before a Diontae Johnson catch and fumble was reversed to an incomplete pass.

During Wednesday's pre-practice open locker room session at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, Pickens did not seem all too interested in addressing the elephant in the room, aside from himself getting in front of it by making the rare opening statement in front of the media scrum.