Ben Roethlisberger was proven correct by George Pickens in ways the Steelers cannot afford.

The drama that George Pickens creates weekly for the Pittsburgh Steelers is too much to handle.

Ben Roethlisberger, a future Hall of Fame quarterback, criticized his former team before the Pittsburgh Steelers’ loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday, suggesting that this group truly has lost the Steeler Way.

Roethlisberger went on to say, “Who is grabbing someone by the face mask and saying, ‘That’s not what we do’?” Is that taking place? Indeed, you have folks on safeguard making it happen, however you really want folks on different sides of the ball getting it done. … You really want somebody to stand up there, on offense, and be like, hello, this isn’t wearing the dark and gold.”

While Roethlisberger himself was more than a little flawed during his playing days, he was legitimized by any semblance of George Pickens, who notwithstanding a discussion with Mike Tomlin during the week actually showed a staggering absence of exertion on a few plays in the Steelers rout.

Ben Roethlisberger was correct about the 2023 Pittsburgh Steelers. Last week, Tomlin tried to calm Pickens down by using his experience as a defensive backs coach. Tomlin even claimed that when Antonio Brown was a Steeler, he used the same tactic.

“From a game-playing perspective, when you have a dynamic player, you often choose a block of time or plays to simply deny that player the ball and let others beat you. What’s more, the plan is to keep the ball out of the hands of a critical player, yet additionally assuming it’s a huge player it’s to make tension inside him and inside that unit,” Tomlin said.

Pickens is skilled, yet his absence of exertion has been clear all through the season. Here is Pickens neglecting to pursue a Foals safeguard after Mitch Trubisky tossed and capture.

What’s more, here is Pickens declining to run block for colleague Jaylen Warren.

Pittsburgh’s offense is one of the most terrible in the association, so somewhat I figure out Pickens dissatisfaction. Nonetheless, football is a group game and the youthful wide recipient just had a candid conversation with his lead trainer.

Tomlin and Pickens now both have egg on their faces. Roethlisberger is correct around a certain something – – something is off-base in the Steelers storage space, and exceptional measures should be taken to right the boat this offseason.