Pickens post game controversy

Perfect timing right after they got shelled. Surprised TJ and Cam didn't run up to them. His immaturity is staggering at times. There was a deeper meaning to running up to Mahomes and Kelce. Issue is that Andy Reid wouldn't put up with his antics like Tomlin does.

 

Don't throw too much hate at the young kid.... Anyone remember Nick Bosa crashing Brock Purdy's interview with his MAGA hat?

 

That was a punk move by Bosa. But it was his teammate. Not two opposing players in a winning interview celebration. he had zero business running up to them.

I don't hate the kid he is a talent. He should be featured more as far as i'm concerned but the offensive gameplan is run run run conservative.

But you can't ignore the immaturity and selfishness that has cost the team at times.

 

Pickens is a head case I don’t know what the hell you do with him. If they don’t extend him in the summer you know damn well he will hold out/cause problems. We just have no WR room behind him but how can you pay this guy 30 MM a year??

 

AB was a head case and still performed after they paid him just saying.

 

Was AB a head case before they paid him? I know he eventually became one.

 

In a relative sense no

You are not correct

His melt down started after the Steelers tossed him

 

Over 85 percent of his salary came from the Steelers and Tomlin got a potential HOF out of him

He melted down after he left

Was he a head case while he was here you can define that

 

This is supposed to be what Tomlin is good at. I get that Pickens is a "crash out" waiting to happen, but he is just way too good to let walk. I think we have to ink him and let Tomlin handle it. He truly is a top 5 WR talent, so I am willing to roll the dice on him.

The thing about Pickens is that he seems to truly want to be good and want to win. There is never the "crash out" headcase BS when we win (even if he isn't getting the ball). It is always when the team loses. He handles losing like a child. If we can get another WR to do some damage and free him up a bit, I think we end up winning a lot more games and Pickens ends up being a much smaller issue.

SIDE NOTE: I checked out GP's "burner account" on X and his response to this was that "all media is trash, and they just ask you set up questions that have no correct response" He also said something to the effect of "the reporter knows Russ didn't say that, but he is just trying to get his clicks" I don't know if this particular incident is as big of a deal.

 

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I was writing of GP because I prefer working with true professionals

But I have learned that not everyone fits the mold I came from and sometimes they need a lot of tutoring

you have at least for a while given me the ability to have a more open thought on him

Although that window could close quickly

 

I am honestly not sure what the heck you're point is with "This is supposed to be what Tomlin is good at." And quite frankly it doesn't matter. Every minute or second he, anyone on the staff, or anyone in the locker room, has to spend dealing with Pickens is time and energy that could be spent somewhere else. It's an unnecessary waste of resources.

Maybe his talent is worth that investment of time and energy, but I'm not seeing it. Even AB and is immense amount of talent wasn't worth it. We never went to a SB with him. I'm not saying he prevented that from happening, just that if he wouldn't have been such high maintenance person that maybe that time and effort could have helped us get there.

 

I do too, but the younger generation produces fewer and fewer "true professionals".

I am glad something I've said has given you second thought lol It wouldn't surprise me to see us go either way with it, but I think his talent is worth taking a shot on. We shall see.

 

I mean that one of the things that Tomlin brings to the table is being a "player's coach". He is able to connect with the younger players and is supposedly very good at building a team culture that can allow the Antonio Brown's and Le'Veon Bell's of the world to thrive where they would otherwise fail in a lesser locker room.

Tomlin is supposed to be able to help keep these type of guys in check better than most of the other coaches in the league. I understand that there is a cost involved with having to spend time and resources keeping yahoos in check... but my argument is that his talent is worth the effort. There are very few guys I would say that about. I'd take the shot on him, but I wouldn't blame the FO for deciding not to.

I also think that the ends aren't the only thing that justify the means... AB was worth it. We didn't win it all, but that doesn't mean that he wasn't a massive driving force behind us being one of the best teams in the league during his time in Pittsburgh. We are in a tough position at WR due to GP being really good and the rest of our room... not so much. If we decide to move on from him, we better have a darn good back up plan or else our offense is going to look a lot like it has during our current 3 game skid moving forward. Simply throwing a draft pick at WR and hoping they are as good as GP wont cut it.