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Hoke Cautions Steelers About Paying George Pickens, Has Yet To Prove He’s A ‘Steelers-Type Player’

It’s another week where Pittsburgh Steelers WR George Pickens has been in the news and not in a good way. Pickens threw down Dallas Cowboys CB Jourdan Lewis by the facemask at the end of Pittsburgh’s Week 5 loss, wore eye black that said “Open Fucking Always” and finished the game with a grand total of three receptions for 26 yards. Pickens also reportedly had been late to work multiple times this season, and former Steelers defensive lineman and analyst Chris Hoke said on The Joe Starkey Show on 93.7 The Fan on Thursday that the Steelers need to think about Pickens’ behavior if they put money in his pocket with an extension after this season.