Earlier in the day on December 23, ESPN Steelers beat reporter Brooke Pryor said the following on X, live from practice: “DeShon Elliott, who Mike Tomlin says has a ‘real chance to play’ along with Pickens and other guys who missed Ravens game, was moving around well in today’s practice.”
ESPN’s Adam Schefter expressed a similar sentiment about Pickens on the Pat McAfee Show.
“It sounds like they will get some of those parts back, most notably George Pickens,” Schefter replied, after being asked about several Steelers injuries. “It sounds like they have a realistic sense that he has a chance to back there which would certainly help the offense.”
“Look, [the Steelers’] season [is] on the line here, division’s at stake,” the NFL insider added. “I think that they had — hopefully — that game in mind the entire time for Pickens to come back.”
Simply put, all signs are pointing to a Pickens and Elliott return against the Chiefs.
