Pittsburgh Steelers WR George Pickens picked up an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in the first half of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 44-38 win over the Cincinnati Bengals for taunting, and during Pittsburgh’s first drive of the second half, Pickens had a second unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, which is usually grounds for ejection. However, while announcing the penalty, referee Shawn Hochuli explained that the type of unsportsmanlike penalty wasn’t the type that was grounds for ejection, and he further clarified why in the pool report. Per ESPN’s Brooke Pryor, Hochuli said that Pickens wasn’t ejected because he wasn’t directly taunting an opponent on the play.
Referee Shawn Hochuli Explains Why George Pickens Wasn’t Ejected After Second Penalty
