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Pittsburgh Steelers George Pickens Top 5 WRs of All-Time: Michael Crabtree, Julio Jones, Jerry Rice Randy Moss.
Former Georgia wide receiver George Pickens has received a ton of hype this offseason as he heads into his second year with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Pickens had a fantastic rookie season after being taken in the second round of the 2022 NFL draft, finishing with 801 receiving yards and 5 total touchdowns.
He’s made headlines this offseason for reeling in an incredible one-handed catch and for his comments he’s made about his playing style. And in a recent interview with CBS Sports’ All Things Covered Podcast, Pickens was asked to name his top-five wide receivers of all-time. First of all, as is the case with a lot of young players across various sports, Pickens certainly has a recency bias with his list, as Calvin Johnson, Julio Jones, Michael Crabtree and Randy Moss played most, if not all, of their entire career in the 21st century. In Pickens’ defense, both Moss and “Megatron” are already in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and Jones will surely someday join them.
The now-35-year-old had a solid, albeit unspectacular 11-year NFL career after being selected 10th overall by the San Francisco 49ers in 2009. One of Crabtree’s best seasons came in 2012, when he had 85 catches on 127 targets for a career-high 1,105 receiving yards and tied high mark of nine receiving scores.
What Crabtree is perhaps best known for, though, is being the target of one of the most epic postgame interviews in league history, following San Francisco’s NFC Championship Game loss to Richard Sherman and the Seattle Seahawks.
Crabtree went on to have only one other 1,000-yard season, finishing with a career-high 89 catches for 1,003 yards and eight touchdowns in 2016 with the then-Oakland Raiders.
Pittsburgh Steelers George Pickens Top 5 WRs of All-Time:
1. Lions Calvin Johnson
2. Vikings Randy Moss
3. 49ers Jerry Rice
4. Falcons Julio Jones
5. 49ers Michael Crabtree
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