The big controversy of the week has been the effort, or lack thereof, from WR George Pickens on a run play in the red zone. It was a toss play to the side Pickens was lined up on, and he made a business decision to not engage in the block. His guy ended up getting in on the tackle to prevent a touchdown from RB Jaylen Warren. Pickens claimed that he did this to avoid injury and cited the situation that got Houston Texans WR Tank Dell injured as his reason why.
This has sparked a larger conversation on how players are responding to head coach Mike Tomlin’s message.