Cowboys' George Pickens admits to making 'some mistakes' during Steelers tenure

[ad_1] Vast receiver George Pickens appears to like being a member of the Dallas Cowboys after they acquired him from the Pittsburgh Steelers this spring.

Pickens penned an essay in The Gamers' Tribune on Friday about his time with the Steelers, which lasted from the second spherical of the 2022 NFL Draft by the tip of the 2024 season.

George Pickens explains what went flawed with Steelers "I used to be nonetheless a child," Pickens wrote. "I made some errors. I’ll personal that. I let my feelings get the perfect of me a couple of instances as a result of I’m all the time driving that line. That’s simply who I'm. I’ve tried to study from it and develop whereas nonetheless being ME."

With Pittsburgh, Pickens grew to become recognized for wanting displeased and for emotional outbursts throughout video games that appeared to stem from an absence of targets. After he was traded to the Cowboys, reviews revealed that the Steelers have been "fed up with" the 24-year-old's antics, which included a "litany of violations."

Such violations reportedly included Pickens exhibiting up late for conferences and for "different issues," corresponding to Pittsburgh's Christmas Day contest towards the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs final December.

The notion exists that Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin had run out of persistence with Pickens. Nonetheless, in Friday's piece, Pickens recommended he nonetheless has a great relationship with Tomlin.

"Now the media in Pittsburgh? I admit ….I used to be trolling y’all a bit of bit. I apologize! However I don’t have a foul phrase to say about Pittsburgh," Pickens continued. "I can name up Coach T proper now, and we’d have an actual dialog. What I respect about him most is he all the time informed me, 'Simply preserve being you, George.' It simply wasn’t the long-term match for the place my journey was headed, and that’s OK."

Will the Cowboys be a long-term match for Pickens? Pickens and fellow huge receiver CeeDee Lamb have been not too long ago benched for Dallas' first offensive collection versus the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday evening after they missed Sunday's curfew. Within the Cowboys' win over the Raiders, Pickens tallied 9 receptions for 144 yards and a landing.

The fourth-year professional within the closing 12 months of his contract has since mentioned he'd "like to" stick with the Cowboys past this season.

" They did proper by me," Pickens added in regards to the Steelers. "They despatched me to the right spot in Dallas. What extra would you like me to say? There’s no drama, bro. No headlines to write down. They’re doing issues their manner up there, and I’m down right here in Dallas with CeeDee and [quarterback Dak Prescott] doing what I do finest. All people wins. I swear, there’s the next energy guiding all of this. I used to be meant to get this recent begin in Dallas."

Over his first 10 video games with Dallas, Pickens recorded 58 receptions for 908 yards and 7 touchdowns. He'll subsequent have a possibility to show his value to the 4-5-1 Cowboys after they host the Philadelphia Eagles (8-2) this Sunday.