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Greg Newsome: George Pickens is a fake tough guy
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Greg Newsome: George Pickens is a fake tough guy

The Steelers attempted a Hail Mary on the final play of Thursday night’s 24-19 loss to the Browns, but wide receiver George Pickens was not one of the players competing for the ball in the end zone.

Pickens was otherwise involved in a wrestling match with Browns cornerback Greg Newsome at the time. The two players locked up as they walked off the field and went all the way into the wall behind the end zone before being broken up by officials and stadium staff.

“He was just trying to get into WrestleMania me all the time. So that’s what ended up happening. . . . Yeah, he’s a fake tough guy,” Newsome said, via Ashley Bastock of Cleveland.com. “He does that a lot. The antics and all that. Yeah, he didn’t even go to the ball.”

Pickens, who is no stranger to physical confrontations with opponents, had that some unkind words also for the Browns after the game and Newsome doubled down by giving him a “fake tough guy‘ on social media, so there should be little chance of tempers cooling completely before the two teams do it again in Week 14 in Pittsburgh.