It wouldn’t be the AFC North without games ending in a snowball fight.
The Cleveland Browns stunned the Pittsburgh Steelers in a Thursday Night Football classic.
Pickens, right, celebrates a touchdown with Calvin Austin[/caption]
Nick Chubb scored a go-ahead touchdown with 58 seconds remaining that set up a last-gasp Hail Mary as the conditions closed in.
Browns cornerback Greg Newsome and George Pickens came together on the final play in a fight that went into the stands.
Steelers wideout Pickens, who had to be dragged away by security and teammates, was fuming after seeing his team fall to 8-3.
“Like I said, conditions played a huge, huge part in this game. I don’t really think the Cleveland Browns are a great team at all,” he said.
“The conditions kinda saved them today.”
Pickens, who smashed his helmet in anger after a Buffalo Bills fan threw a snowball at him in January, has been confronting opponents all season but may have met his match in Newsome.
“Fake tough guy,” the defensive standout posted to X after the win.
Newsome and Pickens’ frosty standoff was offset by Cleveland quarterback Jameis Winston‘s festive mood.
Speaking ahead of the contest, he praised God for giving him the chance to play in a classic AFC North snow game in a brilliant interview with Kaylee Hartung.
And afterwards he had Amazon’s Prime’s entire TNF crew doing snow angels with him and chucking snowballs.
Pickens is held back by security after getting into it with Newsome[/caption]
The #Steelers best receiver George Pickens was more interested in fighting Browns DB Greg Newsome in the stands than competing to catch the Hail Mary.
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) November 22, 2024
He's a PROBLEM.pic.twitter.com/Aldwn7ENlH https://t.co/BWHKlkj2Lr
Pickens and Newsome were not the only pair with beef.
While they did not line up against each other, Myles Garrett stoked up his battle with T.J. Watt.
The Browns pass-rusher beat Watt to be crowned Defensive Player of the Year last season.
“Nothing I’m not used to,” the Steelers star posted on X after Garrett’s win.
“I’ve never complained about the trophy not being at my house and vice versa,” Garrett said Tuesday.
“He shouldn’t be feeling two ways about knowing it’s going to me. So just going to play the game. I don’t play against T.J., he doesn’t play against me.
Fake tough guy 😂😂😂
— Greg Newsome II (@gnewsii) November 22, 2024
“We’ll have a plan to go out and do what we’re supposed to, win the game and dominate on defense. It’s up for grabs this year, and we’ll see the best man win.”
Garrett then let his game do the talking, recording three sacks to move to 10 for the season.
“I wasn’t really looking at what he did,” he said of Watt after the win.
“I was really just focused on going out there and playing the very best ball I could.
“But, yeah, I wanted to make it known that I’m the guy, I’m the No. 1 edge defender.
“That was a statement I was intending to make, and I think I made.”
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