George Pickens after the Cleveland game

Like him or loathe him, there's zero offense without George Pickens. If he went down the season would be over.

 

I can see why Pickens was mad the guy was pushing him out of the back of the end zone.

 

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Perhaps, but he may also be the reason we're a great team but not a championship team.
The small things win championships. Blocking is so important and can make the difference between getting that first down and having to punt.
Going against Buffalo or KC in January, we're going to need those little things to win.

 

I’ve watched this several times now and Newsome is pushing Pickens from the front of the endzone all the way thru it and back to the wall where stands are. How is that not defensive PI? George never had a chance to go after the ball.

 

true - but he is HARD to bank 2025 and beyond on. this team will struggle on offense for years to come....

 

Yes, he got away with pushing off once. In no way does that make up for the blatant pass interference the Browns got away with, especially the play before the half and the third-down pass from Fields.

 

Exactly. There were two blatant interference calls on huge plays that the officials missed. Also, they could have thrown a flag on the Hail Mary pass at the end, though Pickens was doing as much pushing as being pushed.

 

I think they let it go because Pickens was pushing Newsome, too, though I agree. This could have easily been pass interference and the Steelers get an untimed down from the one to try to win the game. Of course, short yardage did not go well for them in this game, so who knows if that would have worked.

 

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-investigation-could-cost-george-172623579.html

 

I much prefer "letting them play" refs to flag happy refs. I've noticed good db's are doing a good job of subtly hooking or grabbing receivers arm when they try to push off to separate, which I kind of think is fair play. If receiver sticks his back arm there why should db have to disengage? It's already almost impossible to play that position as it is with all the rules in offenses favor

 

I don't think I've ever seen a PI call on a hail mary. With this in mind. I think if I'm an offensive coach I'd be tempted test to see just far you could push this. Why not tell 2 of the 4 receivers to basically tackle their defenders to make it less of a bunch at the ball? It's such a low percentage play anyway why not?

 

Dude. I always try not to complain about officiating in a game....because it's usually bad both ways,,but there were some really questionable calls in that game. The Intentional grounding, and the Hold on Herbig, and Benton on one play....there are others, but those two really stuck out IMO

 

Exactly. I would definitely push the boundaries on whatever side I was coaching.

 

I was going to say the same thing, how can the refs not see that Delpit or whoever was covering Pickens was interferring and holding him all the way down the field and out the back of the endzone? This is what makes me most angry about the NFL, they will call a ticky tack penalty that changes the game but wont call an obvious penalty that could change the game. This is why people are saying its rigged and so on, Vegas has the line at X and so on. I am not one of them that think its rigged but follow the money as they say.

 

Lots of people trying to act like this is pickens being a bully, but they're blind to watching what actually happened.

 

Did you even read the first line of who wrote this?

Hint hint, it literally tells you it's a beat writer for the browns and it's a rumor.

 

I'm less hesitant to go there, but I'm certain they blew both of those calls now that I've gotten a better look at them than I did that night. The holds on Herbig and Benton send the whole game in a different direction. That was before the Steelers rallied, so things probably go very differently from then on if the Browns end up settling for a field goal.

The missed intentional grounding call is a different matter entirely. I know the Browns were great on fourth down in that game, but that would have been fourth-and-15 and they would have had little choice but to go for it. I can't imagine they would have tried a 55-yards field goal in that weather. That's a hell of an ask even as well as Winston played.

 

This prove pickens didn't do anything wrong,media jumped all over him

 

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It seems from this article and photo, some people may owe George an apology.