Khan,It’s almost training camp 2026. Time to pick up the phone and do your thing.

DK Metcalf – 2025 (Steelers)

Played 15 games (suspended the final two for an on-field altercation with a fan).
59 catches on 99 targets for 850 yards (14.4 YPC) , with Aaron Rodgers throwing him the ball!

George Pickens – 2024 (Steelers)
Appeared in 14 games.
59 receptions for 900 yards (15.3–15.4 YPC) a with Wilson / Fields (now out of the NFL and the other a back ) as the primary quarterback.


The obvious takeaway: DK had the better quarterback, but produced less yardage and was clearly the bigger distraction.

Those are the facts. Now we can compare Pickens 2025 with DK's 2025, if you are game.

How many catches and yards would Pickens get on the 2025 Steelers. More that DK had in 2025 is the answer. Unless of course you fell that Canada was a better OC than Smith! So DK had the QB and OC edge yet he was outproduced.

 

You know nothing...It was Justin Fields,Russell Wilson the QBs in 2024,not Kenny....And Rodgers had the lowest air yards per pass attempts and by completion in the NFL last season....It was a dink and dunk offense by a extreme level.Russell Wilson was at least above league average in those stats in 2024 and he was not afraid to take a hit and throw deep

 

That's all Wilson could do was throw the moon ball but even that went away by the end of that season.

 

And the ferryman in Outlaw Josey Wales

He was also in Paint Your Wagon with Clint Eastwood

 

In 2024, George Pickens was targeted 108 times (7.36 per game) with the Steelers. He caught 64 of them for 987 receiving yards. He also led the entire NFL in deep targets (20+ yards), posting an elite 99.9 receiving grade with 17 deep catches for 577 yards.

By comparison, DK Metcalf with what many call a better QB and a better offensive coordinator-posted 59 receptions on 99 targets for 850 yards
in the 2025 regular season with Pittsburgh.

So you thoughts that Pickens “wouldn’t get enough targets” from the 2025 Steelers offense feels like a real reach. I’m sure we’ll agree on plenty of other topics, but I’ll stop posting about this point in this thread and let you have the last word.

 

still much better that Kenny Pickett

@Joel Buchsbaum still think it was Pickett the steelers QB in 2024...Just look at post 51

 

You greatly exaggerate

 

I see you edited this with admitting you were wrong

 

Doesn't matter what anybody thinks Pickens would have caught statistically last season if he stayed. He wasn't going to play well because of his attitude if he did.

 

George Pickens:


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I bet 40 years ago if it was just an American ranking it wouldn't be that low. I can remember as a youth many people drinking it back then, along with Ole Milwaukee.

 

Winner

 

I can't remember, did Dallas sign him to a long term contract this year, or did Dallas only offer him a one year franchise tender???
LoL

 

Hmm, I don't remember him as the ferryman, now I gotta watch again for the millionth time. LoL.
Got to wonder about people that don't like westerns.

 

Old Milwaukee is ranked about 400 points lower

But there was and is a market for low priced anything

 

I love westerns

 

But I bet 40 years ago the ranking was different. Because then I seen a lot of people drinking it. Today I don't know anyone that drinks either of them.

 

Same here.

 

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I didn't remember, or I never paid attention to him in that. I do remember him in the barbershop.