REPORT: George Pickens Got Into “Heated Exchange” With Pittsburgh Steelers Coach After He Was Caught Slacking Off During Training Camp Practice

The Pittsburgh Steelers opened training camp Thursday, and George Pickens has already given the media something bad to talk about.

There was reportedly a brief, very heated exchange between George Pickens and new wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni.

Ray Fittipaldo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote, “New receivers coach Zach Azzanni and George Pickens got into a heated exchange late in practice when Azzanni didn’t like the way Pickens executed his assignment.”

Continuing: “Pickens didn’t take kindly to Azzanni’s words. Some of the other receivers approached Pickens after the exchange, but Pickens was visibly upset.”

The Steelers dealt with similar issues within the WR corps last year and over the past decade or so.

Despite the dust-up with the coach, Fittipaldo concluded that “There is hope Pickens can reach his full potential under the new offensive staff,” while adding the dynamic wide receiver is going to be coached much differently than he was in his first two NFL seasons when Frisman Jackson was the receivers coach.

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