PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – The Steelers have one wide receiver who is a threat every game. One wide receiver who teams game plan against, want to minimize. That receiver got just over half of the team’s offensive snaps in the 20-17 loss to Dallas.
The explanation of why George Pickens played the fewest snaps he’s played all year, by a wide margin, was as remarkable as the stat.
“We just wanted to minimize his reps in an effort to get more productivity,” head coach Mike Tomlin said after an emotional loss. “We’re just trying to rep manager in terms of the totality of the big picture.”
Tomlin is saying they want to take their best receiver and play him less. He said it’s like with Cam Heyward. The 35-year-old who deals with contact every play and has been in the league for 14 years and coming off a major …