Pittsburgh Steelers rookie wide receiver George Pickens’ career officially got off with a whimper in the regular season opener on Sunday. Regardless of how many plays he might have made on the practice field, or in the preseason, his first official stat line read: one catch on three targets for three yards.
He did draw a pass interference penalty for a net of two yards about 20 minutes into the game, coming on 3rd and goal from the three-yard line, which led to the team’s first (and so far only) offensive touchdown of the season two plays later, but even if you include that, that’s a total of five yards he’s responsible for, which doesn’t exactly live up to the hype that had built up around him.