Various insiders have reported on George Pickens’ hamstring injury over the last 24 hours, but now Mike Tomlin has offered an update of the star wide receiver’s status for this week and his health in general. The fact that he nearly played against the Cleveland Browns made many think it was a minor injury, but Tomlin clarified that MRI revealed it to be worse than initially expected.
“When we got to the stadium, it became evident that maybe the circumstance was a little bit more significant than we had hoped, and so we made the prudent decision of shutting him down and not letting a small problem to become a bigger one,” Tomlin said via the Steelers’ YouTube channel.