The Pittsburgh Steelers faced the Cleveland Browns in a divisional matchup Thursday night in Week 12. The Steelers have been one of the hottest teams in football since naming Russell Wilson the starting quarterback in Week 7. But the Jameis Winston-led Browns snapped Pittsburgh’s five-game winning streak with a 24-19 victory at home in the driving snow.Wilson attempted a Hail Mary on the final play of the game, sending all the Steelers’ receivers to the end zone. During the play, Browns’ cornerback Greg Newsome II covered George Pickens, ensuring that the Steelers’ top wideout was nowhere near the ball by riding him out the back of the end zone and into the wall in front of the stands, per Awful Announcing on X.Pickens finished third on the team with four receptions for 48 yards in Week 12. He remains the Steelers’ leading receiver with 52 catches for 776 yards and two scores in 11 games.
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens was livid in the immediate aftermath of Thursday night’s loss to the Cleveland Browns and likely landed himself in hot water with the league.
Pickens was caught on camera throwing Cleveland cornerback Greg Newsome II into a wall after an attempt at a Hail Mary, then trying to unload on him before being held back.
Check it out in the video below:
You can see him dragging Newsome into the barricade and then swinging at him in this clip:
George Pickens Frustrated By The Browns
The Browns scored a shocking 24-19 win over a hot Steelers team on a snowy night in Cleveland. The conditions at Huntington Bank Field made the game a lot more complicated than it should have been.
Pickens had a rather subdued outing, making four receptions for 48 yards, and was left frustrated on multiple plays where he felt he should have gotten calls.
