Often times, friendships are formed when two people spend long periods of time together even when it wasn’t each party’s initiative to seek out that friendship. These bonds tend to materialize over time rather than simply willing them to be.
When asked about fellow teammate WR Calvin Austin III and how they have bonded together since being drafted by the Steelers, Pickens points to the NFL Combine as the starting point of their relationship.
“I kind of did know him a little bit in the combine because the receiver group, we were the first group to get to the combine,” Pickens said to reporters Monday, according to video via Steelers.