Steelers' George Pickens channels Marshawn Lynch's viral interview: 'I'm just here so I won't get fined'

George Pickens was not peculiarly successful a giving temper during his media league wrong the Pittsburgh Steelers' locker country the time aft Thanksgiving. 

Instead of providing reporters with thoughtful oregon insightful responses to their questions, the third-year wide receiver channeled erstwhile NFL moving back Marshawn Lynch's viral infinitesimal astatine Super Bowl XLIX's media time successful 2015.

Pickens repeatedly responded, "I’m conscionable present truthful I won’t get fined," arsenic reporters directed questions astatine the 23-year-old.

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Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens stands connected the sidelines anterior to the preseason crippled against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers astatine Raymond James Stadium successful Tampa, Florida, connected Aug. 11, 2023. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

One of the questions directed astatine Pickens centered astir whether the receiver had heard from the NFL astir immoderate imaginable punishment for his engagement successful a scuffle astatine the extremity of past week's crippled against the Cleveland Browns, which the Steelers mislaid 24-19.

"I'm conscionable present truthful I won't get fined," helium repeated.

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On the last play of the game, Steelers backmost Russell Wilson tossed a Hail Mary toward the extremity zone. Pickens was successful the country of the pass, but Browns cornerback Greg Newsome II was guarding him and efficaciously took the wide receiver retired of the play.

Cameras missed the opening of what looked to beryllium a skirmish, but a speedy cookware appeared to amusement Pickens and Newsome getting tangled up adjacent the stands. The camera past showed Pickens being held backmost by 2 members of stadium information adjacent the seats. One instrumentality was adjacent holding Pickens' arm, starring to archetypal speculation the subordinate was getting into it with fans.

George Pickens of the Pittsburgh Steelers looks connected from the sidelines during the crippled against the Tennessee Titans astatine Acrisure Stadium successful Pittsburgh connected Nov. 2, 2023. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

Shortly aft the Steelers' astonishing nonaccomplishment wrong the Browns' snowy location stadium, Pickens placed the blasted connected the game's upwind conditions. "Conditions played a huge, immense portion successful today’s game. I don’t truly deliberation the Cleveland Browns are a bully squad astatine all," he told reporters. "I deliberation the conditions benignant of saved them today."

"The snow, the conditions were truthful bad," helium continued. "I don't adjacent deliberation the QB could spot sometimes. And erstwhile you got conditions similar that, astatine the opponent's location field, it benignant of plays successful their favor."

The snowfall picked up successful the 2nd fractional of the game. While the upwind conditions were thing some teams had to contend with, Pickens' assertion suggests the Steelers fell to 8-3 owed to the snowfall and wind.

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens points to a Cincinnati Bengals defender during the crippled astatine Acrisure Stadium successful Pittsburgh connected Dec. 23, 2023. (Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Friday's speech was not the archetypal clip this play that Pickens has shown his evident deficiency of fondness for having to interact with the media. 

In October, Pickens came nether scrutiny aft helium wore oculus achromatic during a crippled that featured a profane word. The eye achromatic strip, which stretched nether his eyes, said, "open f---ing always."

NFL argumentation prohibits players from adding messages to oculus achromatic during games, but seemingly the regularisation was not connected Pickens' radar. "Never seen (the rule) before," he said erstwhile asked if helium was alert of the league's argumentation pertaining to oculus black. "Have you seen it before?"

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A newsman past mentioned the good that Steelers antiaircraft lineman Cam Heyward had to wage successful 2015 erstwhile helium wrote his father's nickname connected his oculus black. Heyward's father, Craig, played successful the NFL from 1988-1998 and went by the nickname "Ironhead."

Pickens shrugged erstwhile his teammate's good was brought up, saying, "Years ago, erstwhile I wasn’t successful the league? So, no."

The Steelers volition look to solidify their presumption atop the AFC North erstwhile they play the Cincinnati Bengals connected Sunday.

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