Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on George Pickens

PodcastFantasy vultures: 10 players who are better in real life than fantasyAugust 27, 2026

From the episode

This was like what George Pickens was early, early on with the Steelers where yes, when you lined him up in a combative and some guys just come alive like this... but you ask him to run routes against zone. It's like, oh, my God, where's the pace?

Mentioned at 35:12 – 36:58

STACKED’s take

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Follows a similar development path to Mitchell, improving slowly in zone coverage

Matt Harmon compares AD Mitchell's development path to George Pickens, noting that both players initially struggled with zone coverage and route combinations while thriving in man-to-man, combative situations. Pickens has shown incremental improvement in his ability to handle complex roles over time.