{"id":3564,"date":"2024-11-23T00:56:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T00:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=3564"},"modified":"2024-11-23T00:56:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T00:56:29","slug":"breaking-news-steelers-george-pickens-held-back-by-security-after-loss-to-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=3564","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Steelers’ George Pickens held back by security after loss to Browns ."},"content":{"rendered":"
The Steelers’ wideout needed to be separated from Browns’ CB Greg Newsome II after Cleveland’s Week 12 upset win.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Steelers'The\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0faced the\u00a0Cleveland Browns\u00a0in a divisional matchup Thursday night in Week 12. The Steelers have been one of the hottest teams in football since\u00a0naming Russell Wilson the starting quarterback\u00a0in Week 7. But the\u00a0Jameis Winston-led Browns snapped Pittsburgh\u2019s 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\u2019 receivers to the end zone. During the play, Browns\u2019 cornerback Greg Newsome II covered\u00a0George Pickens, ensuring that the\u00a0Steelers\u2019 top wideout\u00a0was nowhere near the ball by\u00a0riding him\u00a0out 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.<\/p>\n

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George Pickens (Photos via Prime Video)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0wide receiver George Pickens was livid in the immediate aftermath of Thursday night\u2019s loss to the\u00a0Cleveland Browns\u00a0and likely landed himself in hot water with the league.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Check it out in\u00a0the video\u00a0below:<\/p>\n

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