George Pickens wasn’t a happy camper in Sunday’s win over the Atlanta Falcons, finishing with a lone catch for two yards. In the most recent edition of Ben Roethlisberger’s Footbahlin podcast, Roethlisberger said that lone grab was by design, an attempt to placate a clearly upset Pickens.
Here’s what Roethlisberger had to say about the moment.
“He’s sitting there pouting,” Roethlisberger told the show that featured guest James Harrison. “And they showed the coach come up and sit next to him and they showed Cam come up next to him and get down and talk to him…you could tell he’s mad.