By now we’ve heard plenty about Pittsburgh Steelers WR George Pickens and his effort this week. Speaking to the media on Tuesday, he classified his questionable blocking effort as a business decision. “I didn’t want to get an injury”, he said. “If you stay on the block too long, you can get ran up on very easily”.
Well, one person we hadn’t heard from is the person who was on the other end of his lack of effort—the person who took an extra hit because of it. His failure to sustain a block possibly prevented RB Jaylen Warren from scoring, and the defender he was supposed to block was able to put a good hit on him, accordingly.