George Pickens has been receiving a lot of flak for his role on Russell Wilson’s end zone interception for stopping on his route after he got jammed near the line of scrimmage. Had he run his route, S Justin Reid may have needed to stay wide, but instead he was looking for work across the middle and intercepted a pass intended for Pat Freiermuth. According to Reid himself, it would have been the same result regardless.
“Woulda been the same result,” Reid said via X in response to a Dan Orlovsky film breakdown. “You are correct that I was never concerned with backside WR to begin with.