All eyes are on Pittsburgh Steelers WR George Pickens this season, and so is the pressure. So much of their success on offense will run through him this year, or not at all. After trading Diontae Johnson, they don’t have a strong option next to him, and how that affects his productivity is something to consider. He is not an elite route-runner who easily creates space, so how will he handle frequent double teams?
“Pickens is the unquestioned No. 1 receiver after Diontae Johnson was traded. Whether he can produce without a legitimate No. 2 threat will be a weekly concern, and rightfully so”, Mark Kaboly writes on the Steelers’ predicament for the Athletic.