Steelers' George Pickens Seemingly Sends Strong But Simple Message To Pittsburgh's Front Office On Social Media

[WindyCitySteel]

In no way did I suggest Colbert was given Carte Blanche
Just that as acting GM his two parting gifts were an Art guy and a Tomlin guy

When did Tomlin “turn on Russ”?
He stuck with with him through that entire collapse when many suggested giving Fields another shot

Rooney isn’t Al Davis or Jerry Jones, he’s not running the draft room, he’s there to settle disputes, if necessary. I’m saying (and the article I linked backs that up), Tomlin wanted him.

He gave up on Russ after Russ went rogue and put up 44 points and made MT “uncomfortable”. After that Russ was a lame duck, had his audible wings clipped. Even if he didn’t get benched, he was never going to return and that’s played out this offseason.

Does Mike look like he’s talking to "just a guy he was given on his roster” here?

https://www.steelers.com/video/watch-tomlin-s-call-to-pickett

 

[Fiji Mariner]

Rooney isn’t Al Davis or Jerry Jones, he’s not running the draft room, he’s there to settle disputes, if necessary. I’m saying (and the article I linked backs that up), Tomlin wanted him.

He gave up on Russ after Russ went rogue and put up 44 points and made MT “uncomfortable”. After that Russ was a lame duck, had his audible wings clipped. Even if he didn’t get benched, he was never going to return and that’s played out this offseason.

Does Mike look like he’s talking to "just a guy he was given on his roster” here?

https://www.steelers.com/video/watch-tomlin-s-call-to-pickett

He gave up on Russ cuz he put up 44?!?!?

It just gets more and more asinine

That phone call is the same stock phone call he makes welcoming anyone to the the team…nothing close to proof of anything…is that the first time you’ve watched a Tomlin draft call. I’ve heard that same speech to literally every pick ever!

The article said “we”
You don’t think Art was part of that “we”?
Again no proof of anything.

It was an Art pick, just like Najee was when Art said they had to address the run game.

Art and Tomlin both having been making **** picks for years-****** reactionary picks
Without a defined plan
At best it was an agreed pick between the two guys driving the car into the ditch.

The more you try the more I’m convinced it must of been an Art pick, thanks for reinforcing my beliefs.

 

[Fiji Mariner]

So you're saying Tomlin doesn't want a franchise QB?

He probably is asserting something dumbazz like that

His other assertion was that Russ scoring 44 put Russ in Mike’s doghouse and made Mike “done with him” for scoring all those points. So the math would add up

He has a very special
Way of “thinking”
Very special

 

[WindyCitySteel]

He gave up on Russ cuz he put up 44?!?!?

It just gets more and more asinine

That phone call is the same stock phone call he makes welcoming anyone to the the team…nothing close to proof of anything…is that the first time you’ve watched a Tomlin draft call. I’ve heard that same speech to literally every pick ever!

The article said “we”
You don’t think Art was part of that “we”?
Again no proof of anything.

It was an Art pick, just like Najee was when Art said they had to address the run game.

Art and Tomlin both having been making **** picks for years-****** reactionary picks
Without a defined plan
At best it was an agreed pick between the two guys driving the car into the ditch.

The more you try the more I’m convinced it must of been an Art pick, thanks for reinforcing my beliefs.

You implied he was forced on Tomlin. Why didn’t Art call him? Did Art direct him to call him Kenny F*ing Pickett?

Tomlin texted players that night saying “We got our guy”.

Art doesn’t make picks in isolation, that’s fan fiction.

 

[WindyCitySteel]

He probably is asserting something dumbazz like that

His other assertion was that Russ scoring 44 put Russ in Mike’s doghouse and made Mike “done with him” for scoring all those points. So the math would add up

He has a very special
Way of “thinking”
Very special

Shortly after this, Russ’ audible privileges were revoked. You seriously didn’t know about this? Eesh.

https://www.steelers.com/news/steelers-mike-tomlin-not-ready-embrace-shootout-mentality

 

[speedicut]

Where in the link you posted does it say anything about Russ' audible privileges being revoked?

 

[Aussie_Steeler]

My whole Point was I don’t think KFP was ever “Tomlin’s guy” just a guy he was given on his roster, not some QB he hand picked.

But thanks for the timeline refresher. Thought Fields was brought in before Kenny traded but at any rate my point remains the same.

I’ll continue to believe KFP was an Art pick until proven otherwise…all I’ve seen points to that being the case.

Trubisky and Russ were 110% “Tomlin guys”

But yeah your timeline is accurate: traded KFP away shortly after Russ signed and then Tomlin got one of his pedigree crushes to round out the void in the QB room. I couldn’t remember the exact sequence (that whole March17th range was a Jameson cloud )

I think Steelers were in discussions about a trade for Fields before Wilson signed (although that may have been pure media speculation), but more as a backup and Dwayne Haskins style reclamation project, rather than a Pickett competitor. Once they signed Wilson their interest in Fields cooled, until Pickett threw a tantrum and they were able to effectively get Fields for Pickett and a 20 pick move up in the 2024 draft (I'm treating the 2025 picks Steelers gained and lost as offsetting). I'm also pretty sure Fields was always going to be a backup to Wilson until Wilson was injured .

 

[Fiji Mariner]

Shortly after this, Russ’ audible privileges were revoked. You seriously didn’t know about this? Eesh.

https://www.steelers.com/news/steelers-mike-tomlin-not-ready-embrace-shootout-mentality

Damn your reading comprehension flat out sucks if you take that article as “proof of anything”

Says Tomlin not comfortable with shoot outs-no **** cuz he’ll almost always lose them as his team averages low 20s point productions.

Says Tomlin a defensive coach- no ****, while I would argue his effectiveness as a “defensive coach” he definitely fancies himself one

Again, you post meaningless arguments and then reference articles that would need a whole
Lot of leaps, jumps and bounds to even get in the neighborhood of what you assert they mean.

You are very special indeed and definitely need better reading comprehension. Yours is of a very rare level (that bottom 1%).

If he was in Tomlin’s doghouse and Tomlin was “done with him” as you falsely assert he wouldn’t have been given the chance to go 0-5 down the stretch by a coach in desperate need of a playoff win.

Your math ain’t mathing
With reading comprehension so poor it makes sense your math would suck too
Hope you’re good at Art

He was Tomlin’s guy all along and it was quite obvious.

The only dog house he was in was maybe being on the porch of AS’s, as there were multiple articles that pointed out the two had “friction” and also suggested that AS was a Fields guy.

 

[Fiji Mariner]

You implied he was forced on Tomlin. Why didn’t Art call him? Did Art direct him to call him Kenny F*ing Pickett?

Tomlin texted players that night saying “We got our guy”.

Art doesn’t make picks in isolation, that’s fan fiction.

Didn’t imply he was forced
Asserted MT didn’t do the hand picking “his guy”
Said he was an Art pick
Never even suggested Tomlin wasn’t on board
Never said the pick was made in isolation
When the owner speaks the GM and HC listen

Reading comprehension score for WCS 1%

Art didn’t have to direct him to call dummy, he’s the HC. He’s the one who ALWAYS calls the first rounder, and many other picks as well.

You come up with a whole.
Lotta dumazz assertions from some very poor reading comprehension skills.

 

[insaniti]

Damn your reading comprehension flat out sucks if you take that article as “proof of anything”

Says Tomlin not comfortable with shoot outs-no **** cuz he’ll almost always lose them as his team averages low 20s point productions.

Says Tomlin a defensive coach- no ****, while I would argue his effectiveness as a “defensive coach” he definitely fancies himself one

Again, you post meaningless arguments and then reference articles that would need a whole
Lot of leaps, jumps and bounds to even get in the neighborhood of what you assert they mean.

You are very special indeed and definitely need better reading comprehension. Yours is of a very rare level (that bottom 1%).

If he was in Tomlin’s doghouse and Tomlin was “done with him” as you falsely assert he wouldn’t have been given the chance to go 0-5 down the stretch by a coach in desperate need of a playoff win.

Your math ain’t mathing
With reading comprehension so poor it makes sense your math would suck too
Hope you’re good at Art

He was Tomlin’s guy all along and it was quite obvious.

The only dog house he was in was maybe being on the porch of AS’s, as there were multiple articles that pointed out the two had “friction” and also suggested that AS was a Fields guy.

Cooch is gonna cooch no matter what name they go by

 

[Drink IRON City]

He gave up on Russ cuz he put up 44?!?!?

It just gets more and more asinine

That phone call is the same stock phone call he makes welcoming anyone to the the team…nothing close to proof of anything…is that the first time you’ve watched a Tomlin draft call. I’ve heard that same speech to literally every pick ever!

The article said “we”
You don’t think Art was part of that “we”?
Again no proof of anything.

It was an Art pick, just like Najee was when Art said they had to address the run game.

Art and Tomlin both having been making **** picks for years-****** reactionary picks
Without a defined plan
At best it was an agreed pick between the two guys driving the car into the ditch.

The more you try the more I’m convinced it must of been an Art pick, thanks for reinforcing my beliefs.

That’s why I fly, keeps me from driving into the ditch .!!!

Beotch slapping windy, won’t keep your car out of the ditch, but it’s entertaining along the way.



Salute the nation

 

[WindyCitySteel]

Where in the link you posted does it say anything about Russ' audible privileges being revoked?

Here’s another quoting Big Ben. It blames Smith but he wouldn’t do this w/o Tomlin’s blessing.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...rthur-smith-did-to-russell-wilson/ar-AA1CCoqF

 

[WindyCitySteel]

Didn’t imply he was forced
Asserted MT didn’t do the hand picking “his guy”
Said he was an Art pick
Never even suggested Tomlin wasn’t on board
Never said the pick was made in isolation
When the owner speaks the GM and HC listen

Reading comprehension score for WCS 1%

Art didn’t have to direct him to call dummy, he’s the HC. He’s the one who ALWAYS calls the first rounder, and many other picks as well.

You come up with a whole.
Lotta dumazz assertions from some very poor reading comprehension skills.

Your exact quote was that Kenny was "just a guy he was given on his roster”. How is that now having his franchise QB forced on him?

You’re twisting yourself into knots to argue with me at every turn.

 

[insaniti]

Shortly after this, Russ’ audible privileges were revoked. You seriously didn’t know about this? Eesh.

https://www.steelers.com/news/steelers-mike-tomlin-not-ready-embrace-shootout-mentality

Here’s another quoting Big Ben. It blames Smith but he wouldn’t do this w/o Tomlin’s blessing.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...rthur-smith-did-to-russell-wilson/ar-AA1CCoqF

You're reading and comprehension again sucks. Ben said he heard reports that they didn't let Russ call the plays during two minute offense. That's been going on since Ben got hurt, Ben just had way more pull than Wilson because he WAS the Steelers. Wilson was in his first year in the offense, first with the Steelers, you don't get that kind of pull. Tomlin runs his team his way. If Wilson wasn't truly HIS guy, he would have given Fields a shot during the 5 game stretch at the end of the season. Didn't happen. Wilson was always Tomlin's pick, it's why Pickett requested a trade.

The only person in this thread twisting themselves into knots is you. You post articles claiming to have proof of your stance, and none of them back up your claims.

 

[WindyCitySteel]

The only person in this thread twisting themselves into knots is you. You post articles claiming to have proof of your stance, and none of them back up your claims.

You know, for as much as I’ve been accused of being an alias here, you and Fiji sure do answer for each other a lot. Just sayin’.

Back to the topic, do you think Smith acted unilaterally here? Do you think Tomlin could not have overridden him? Tomlin says he wasn’t comfortable winning that way, and then suddenly Russ is shackled?

Tomlin wants to win his way and his way only.

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports...ift-tomlin-justin-fields/stories/202502040067

The decline started after his season-best performance in Cincinnati in which he threw three touchdowns, had eight completions of at least 20 yards and completed passes to 10 different receivers. It resulted in 44 points and 520 yards of offense — the team’s most since 2018 — and a season-high 28 first downs.

But it all changed after that.

Why?

According to several sources, Smith did not want Wilson changing plays at the line of scrimmage, like he did in Cincinnati, and deviating from the game plan.

 

[WindyCitySteel]

Back to the OP, this guy speculates on why the Steelers would trade Pickens and how they’d replace him. Makes worlds more sense than paying him a contract similar to DK.

https://triblive.com/sports/first-c...e-goal-of-the-year-from-future-no-1-nhl-pick/

According to James Palmer of Bleacher Report, the Steelers have a draft-plan replacement if they decide to trade George Pickens.

And Palmer is making a potential Pickens trade sound more likely than most national pundits.

“There’s a lot of people that believe George Pickens’ time there is limited. It’s why they did the D.K. (Metcalf) deal. It’s why they paid D.K. what they did. You don’t pay both of them that,” Palmer said, referring to Metcalf’s four-year, $132 million contract extension with the Steelers upon arrival in a trade with the club last month.

It’s likely Pickens will be asking for a contract somewhere in that range if he demands an extension of his own this summer.

Palmer said in a recent livestream that we should look for the Steelers to try to land Iowa State pass-catcher Jayden Higgins in the draft if a trade does occur before then.

“I know they’re doing a lot of work on receivers. Do they look for a high-volume No. 2 guy like a Jayden Higgins? Man, would they love to have him. Oh, man, I know thatthey would love to have him,” Palmer continued.

Higgins is 6-foot-4, 214 pounds. The Eastern Kentucky transfer was a third-team Associated Press All-American and second-team All-Big 12. The Miami native ranked 10th in the FBS with 87 receptions. He also posted 1,183 yards and a team-leading nine receiving TDs.

 

[insaniti]

You know, for as much as I’ve been accused of being an alias here, you and Fiji sure do answer for each other a lot. Just sayin’.

Back to the topic, do you think Smith acted unilaterally here? Do you think Tomlin could not have overridden him? Tomlin says he wasn’t comfortable winning that way, and then suddenly Russ is shackled?

Tomlin wants to win his way and his way only.

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports...ift-tomlin-justin-fields/stories/202502040067

Not once in any of your articles do they talk about taking away Russ ability to audible, which was your claim. There was a suggestion that they didn't let him call his own plays in two minute situations... And even that, doesn't have anything to back it up as fact!

 

[WindyCitySteel]

Not once in any of your articles do they talk about taking away Russ ability to audible, which was your claim. There was a suggestion that they didn't let him call his own plays in two minute situations... And even that, doesn't have anything to back it up as fact!

The PG article you quoted there says this:

And, apparently, a lot of it had to do with Wilson not being allowed to do at the end of the season what he did against the Bengals on Dec. 1, strange as it may sound.

Multiple sources have told the Post-Gazette the offense lacked imagination and that the audibles and route adjustments Wilson was making at the line of scrimmage were creating a conflict with offensive coordinator Arthur Smith.

...


But it all changed after that.

Why?

According to several sources, Smith did not want Wilson changing plays at the line of scrimmage, like he did in Cincinnati, and deviating from the game plan.

 

[insaniti]

The PG article you quoted there says this:

https://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/pittsburgh-steelers-news/2025/2/7/24361154/report-claims-arthur-smith-russell-wilson-to-stop-calling-audibles-completely-false-steelers

https://www.steelernation.com/2025/02/05/steelers-russell-wilson-desperate-ploy

Next...

 

[WindyCitySteel]

https://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/pittsburgh-steelers-news/2025/2/7/24361154/report-claims-arthur-smith-russell-wilson-to-stop-calling-audibles-completely-false-steelers

https://www.steelernation.com/2025/02/05/steelers-russell-wilson-desperate-ploy

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Aditi vs. Dulac/Big Ben, choose your fighter. Either way, it’s clear the coaching staff soured on Russ AND Fields, despite the owner and GM’s stated goal of retaining one or the other.

Tomlin runs the show in Pittsburgh and has for years. And the lack of audible complaints from QBs goes back to Kenny, Mitch, Ben…smoke, fire.