Last season I did the Friday Night Steelers Six Pack and wondered if it was worth doing further. After all, interaction was not great, and sometimes you just have to adjust. So I decided to call an audible, and not just abandon the Friday night meeting of the black-and-gold minds.

Instead of six questions, I wanted to focus solely on one question.

We’ll still do the preamble of what you’re eating/drinking/listening to, but we’ll focus our attention on the one Steelers question of the week. Don’t worry, most weeks I’ll do a bonus/extra credit question for fun. With all that out of the way, let’s get to the question!

Recently after a media availability session, George Pickens has found himself under fire from the media and some in the fan base. It has me wondering what will the Steelers do with the talented, yet sometimes disgruntled, receiver?

He is entering the final year of his rookie contract, which is typically when the Steelers want to start negotiations regarding an extension. But will they do that? I put this on Twitter/X today, and am curious what you think?

If it was YOUR call, how would you handle George Pickens this offseason? #Steelers

— Jeff Hartman (@JHartman_PIT) January 3, 2025

As for me, I think the Steelers see what it is like without Pickens already, and don’t want to have to start from scratch all over again. I think they ride out the last year of his contract, and then try and work something out if they feel he isn’t a detriment to the team’s efforts. That means I don’t see them negotiating with him anytime soon. Could they trade him this offseason? They’d have to get a tremendous deal for that to happen.

What do you think?

As for what I’m eating, we are eating some homemade chicken with baked carrots and potatoes. Nothing fancy. As for drink, it’s store bought kombucha, as usual, and the tunes will be some vinyl records from the collection!

Happy Friday everyone!!