Following the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Week 13 win over the Cincinnati Bengals, a game where WR George Pickens was penalized twice for unsportsmanlike conduct, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said the receiver had to “grow up in a hurry.”
“He’s just gotta grow up, man. It’s an emotional game, man. These divisional games are big,” Tomlin said at the time. “He’s got a target on his back because he is George, he understands that. But he has gotta grow up.”
On Wednesday, the Steelers traded Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys, and he responded to Tomlin’s comments during his introductory press conference.