Early in the first quarter of Saturday’s matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts, the Steelers’ offense got wide receiver George Pickens going in the passing game.
Pickens had two catches for 30 yards on the second drive of the game, hooking up with quarterback Mitch Trubisky twice to move the chains. He had more yards on the second drive of the game than he had in the entire Thursday Night Football matchup against the New England Patriots.
The early work had to reinvigorate Pickens, right?
Wrong.
The second-year receiver, after his second catch of the drive for 15 yards, moving the chains and putting the Steelers into the red zone, went through the motions on a 1st-and-goal run from the 7-yard line to Jaylen Warren, not blocking his man at all, causing Warren to get tackled short of the goal line.