Steelers huge receiver George Pickens was inactive for Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the Browns due to a hamstring damage and that got here as a little bit of shock as a result of a report on Sunday morning indicated that he would have the ability to play after being added to the damage report on Friday.
After the 27-14 win, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was requested about why Pickens didn’t get on the sector and mentioned that it was a matter of constructing certain he’d be again to full pace as quickly as potential.
“GP was listed as questionable,” Tomlin mentioned, by way of the group’s web site. “We didn’t really feel like he was going to have the ability to play the variety of snaps we thought could be value placing him a uniform for. We didn’t desire a small downside to turn out to be an enormous downside.”
The Steelers shall be in Philadelphia to face the Eagles in Week 15 and having all palms on deck could be an enormous increase in that heavyweight matchup.
