{"id":17485,"date":"2025-01-05T16:24:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T16:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=17485"},"modified":"2025-01-05T16:24:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T16:24:24","slug":"video-cameras-caught-steelers-wr-george-pickens-trying-to-fight-fans-during-embarrassing-performance-vs-bengals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=17485","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Cameras Caught Steelers WR George Pickens Trying To Fight Fans During Embarrassing Performance vs. Bengals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ever since he entered the league in 2022,\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>\u00a0wide receiver George Pickens has established himself as one of the most polarizing players in the entire\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>. That was on full display throughout the 2024 season, and it ended on a low point during week 18.<\/p>\n<p>Pickens had one of his worst performances of his NFL career last night against the Cincinnati Bengals, dropping several key passes from quarterback\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/russell-wilson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russell Wilson<\/a>. In the end, he finished with just one catch for zero yards while dropping three of his six targets during a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/game\/_\/gameId\/401671836\/bengals-steelers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">19-17<\/a>\u00a0loss to their division rivals.<\/p>\n<p>And if his play on the field wasn\u2019t bad enough, Pickens performance on the sidelines wasn\u2019t much better.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, the 23-year-old was seen arguing with Steelers fans while challenging them to a fight as his teammates had to hold him back.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A night to forget for George Pickens:<\/p>\n<p>1 Rec<br \/>\n6 Targets<br \/>\n3 Drops<br \/>\n0 Rec Yards <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EEk3G48rl4\">pic.twitter.com\/EEk3G48rl4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNNFL\/status\/1875757843216769220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">George Pickens was talking trash to Steelers fans? Oh brother. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WRF5AObK4n\">pic.twitter.com\/WRF5AObK4n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dom DiTommaso (@DomDiTommaso) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DomDiTommaso\/status\/1875753411981013100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not a good look for a player who, you could argue, single-handedly lost his team the game.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-rough-ending-to-george-pickens-up-and-down-year\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rough Ending To George Pickens\u2019 Up-And-Down Year<\/h2>\n<p>Pickens and the Steelers\u2019 offense were hoping to go into the postseason on a high note after struggling in recent weeks. Unfortunately, that won\u2019t be the case.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Pickens ends the season with 900 yards, and he hasn\u2019t recorded a 100-yard game since October 20 against the Jets. We\u2019ll see if he can put that bitter ending behind him and bounce back when it matters most, in the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Ever since he entered the league in 2022,\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0wide receiver George Pickens has established himself as one of the most polarizing players in the entire\u00a0NFL. That was on &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17487,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17485\/revisions\/17487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}