George Pickens is running out of chances in Pittsburgh.
Steelers receiver George Pickens didn’t block for running back Jaylen Warren on a run near the goal line Saturday. That was bad enough, but then he was asked about it which made the situation so much worse.
Pickens addressed it on Tuesday, saying he was hoping to avoid injury.
“I didn’t want to get injured,” Pickens said Tuesday, via the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “When you stay in and block somebody, you can get run on very easily.”
He further cited the season-ending injury Texans rookie sensation Tank Dell recently suffered when the wide receiver was blocking on a play. Dell fractured his fibula.
“I was trying to prevent the Tank Dell situation, the same thing that happened to Tank Dell,” Pickens said, via 93.7 The Fan. “You stay and block too long you can get run up on very easily.”
Running back Jaylen Warren was asked about those comments and you can tell in his response that he was calling out his teammate.
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“I see where he’s coming from,” Warren said, via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “It is what it is. At the end of the day, he was doing what he thought was best for him.”
Warren then stated he wouldn’t have hesitated to block for Pickens if the roles reversed.
“Some people play the game differently,” Warren continued. “If I was in that position I would have blocked for him. But we play differently, so.”
The Steelers’ 30-13 loss to Indy extended the team’s losing streak to three games.
The Steelers drafted Pickens in the second round of the 2022 draft. He has 814 receiving yards through 14 games this season.
