{"id":151013,"date":"2022-12-07T18:45:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T18:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/steelers-wr-george-pickens-addresses-sideline-outburst\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T18:45:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T18:45:08","slug":"steelers-wr-george-pickens-addresses-sideline-outburst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/steelers-wr-george-pickens-addresses-sideline-outburst\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers WR George Pickens addresses sideline outburst"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>PITTSBURGH &#8212; Speaking for the first time since the television broadcast captured an explicit sideline outburst, Pittsburgh Steelers receiver George Pickens downplayed the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Pickens was seen yelling, &#8220;Throw me the f&#8212;ing ball&#8221; after Diontae Johnson nearly fumbled in the fourth quarter Sunday in Atlanta.  Instead, the pass was ruled incomplete, and the Steelers punted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before we start this, I ain&#8217;t going to be just saying stuff for you all to just paint a story [and] make a statement bigger than what it is, or make something bigger than what it is,&#8221; Pickens said to open his four-minute availability Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A day earlier, coach Mike Tomlin said he didn&#8217;t have a problem with Pickens&#8217; competitive nature, though the coaching staff was working with him to express it in a more &#8220;mature&#8221; way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d rather say &#8216;Whoa&#8217; than &#8216;Sic &#8217;em,'&#8221; Tomlin said Tuesday.  &#8220;I want a guy that wants to be a significant part of what it is that we do. Now, the appropriate and professional and mature way to express that, we&#8217;re growing and working on, and we will continue to. But that spirit , that competitive spirit, the guy that wants the ball. I want that guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pickens said he didn&#8217;t see his coach&#8217;s comments, but the rookie added that he&#8217;s far from the only receiver to passionately demand the ball.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like every player got that in him, it is just what you record.&#8221;  he said.  &#8220;Don&#8217;t try to make something it&#8217;s not, because every player, literally every receiver in the past before &#8212; you got TO [Terrell Owens] &#8212; I can name so many names.  It&#8217;s just what you want to make it out to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pickens also said he feels good with his role in the offense.  He had just two targets Sunday and finished with one catch for 2 yards.  On the season, Pickens is third in targets with 60, behind tight end Pat Freiermuth and Johnson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PITTSBURGH &#8212; Speaking for the first time since the television broadcast captured an explicit sideline outburst, Pittsburgh Steelers receiver George Pickens downplayed the incident. Pickens was seen yelling, &#8220;Throw me the f&#8212;ing ball&#8221; after Diontae Johnson nearly fumbled in the fourth quarter Sunday in Atlanta. 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