Episode Details

Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it’s a question about the cause of problem players like former Pittsburgh receiver George Pickens.

Pickens was in the headlines again on Wednesday after bailing last-minute on a youth football camp in Pittsburgh that he had committed to running, despite his trade to the Dallas Cowboys.

What causes players like Pickens to allow to continue to have attitude problems throughout their careers, and is it a rising problem?

Alan breaks it down.

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