As the dog days of the Pittsburgh Steelers training camp rolls on, the Justin Fields to George Pickens connection is heating up. Watching practice, it’s felt obvious: No. 2 always looking for No. 14. But one (of many) reasons why we track our play-by-play and camp stats is to put numbers to the feeling.
It tells the same story—perhaps a stronger one. Below is a table of the daily Fields-to-Pickens targets, completions, yards, and touchdowns throughout each of the Steelers’ nine camp practices. The trends feel clear. I’ve highlighted the last three days in bold, where the uptick in production really began.