Obligatory disclaimer before I get going on this specific subject.

I am anything but a George Pickens basher.

I feel like he and I, through his first year in the NFL, had a pretty nice relationship,

and occasionally this past season saw eye to eye as well.

So let's get that up front.

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There are two ways

in my mind that you can look

at Pickens and his what's the word for it? Would you call it

antics? Is that over the top? Just a general assessment of not ideal behavior? Maybe that one's

fairer. But however you term it, I see there are two ways of looking at it.

One is that you can hope that George will grow up, that he'll mature.

Mike Tomlin seemed to suggest as much his press conference this past week when the subject of George came up,

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