Everybody, including most of George Pickens’ fellow wide receivers, thought he was going to end up being active for Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns. A hamstring injury on Thursday put his status in question for the game, and it ended up being a game-time decision 90 minutes before the game when the inactive list was due.
Pickens had every reason to want to play in this game. Just a couple weeks prior, CB Greg Newsome II called him a fake tough guy following a scuffle on the final hail mary. Pickens then acted like he didn’t know who Newsome was to the media.