Two days, two moments of Pittsburgh Steelers WR George Pickens venting frustration over a training camp rep. On Thursday, he got into a heated exchange of words with tough-love WRs Coach Zach Azzanni. On Friday, Pickens was upset over not being targeted by Justin Fields on an early training camp rep. For The Athletic’s Mark Kaboly, Pickens must mature faster to be the focal point of the Steelers passing game.
“George Pickens needs to grow up,” Kaboly told 93.7 The Fan’s Andrew Fillipponi and Chris Mueller following Friday’s practice. “Grow up in the sense of he needs to be a leader of this wide receiver room because so much success depends on this offense, depends on what he does.