Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin says the decision to reduce star wide receiver George Pickens' playing time is about load management and not about his attitude.

After the game, head coach Mike Tomlin addressed this when asked by the media and offered up a rather odd explanation for it. Mike Tomlin says George Pickens was limited because of “snap management” — compared it to resting and rotating defensive lineman like Cam Heyward — and there’s “no underlying story” Tomlin attributed the absence to what he called “snap management” and compared the 23-year-old Pickens to the 35-year-old Cam Heyward in terms of resting and rotating players in and out.

Bad blood seems to be boiling between Dallas Cowboys cornerback Jourdan Lewis and Pittsburgh Steelers wideout George Pickens. In the aftermath of Dallas' last-second victory in Pittsburgh on Sunday night,

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Jourdan Lewis had a brief postgame assessment of Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens after Sunday's 20-17 win.