{"id":5711,"date":"2024-12-06T23:52:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T23:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5711"},"modified":"2024-12-06T23:52:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T23:52:58","slug":"breaking-browns-defender-fires-back-at-george-pickens-before-heated-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5711","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Browns defender fires back at George Pickens before heated clash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With a heated battle on the horizon between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers, both teams have had players getting vocal about the matchup. Receiver George Pickens did his fair share of trash-talking for the Steelers, but Browns cornerback Greg Newsome II didn’t appear to care much about the pre-game antics.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Pickens met with the media, and reporters asked if he talked with Newsome at all before the game. Pickens played the classic move of acting oblivious to who the reporter was talking about, per ESPN’s Brooke Pryor on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t even know who that is,\u201d Pickens said, referring to Cleveland’s defensive back.<\/p>\n

Following Pickens’ trash-talking attempt, reporters asked how it made Newsome feel, but he kept it all business when discussing what’s on his mind ahead of the game on Sunday, per ESPN’s Daniel Oyefusi on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, he’s a guy who cares more so about himself, and you can see that in the penalties that he causes,\u201d Newsome said. \u201cFor me, my job is to try to do whatever I can to help the team win. There’s never going to be no one-on-one battle for me. My battle is to try to help my team get the win.\u201d<\/p>\n

On top of that, Newsome was asked by the media if Pickens’ trash talk fueled his game in any way, but it appears that he’s all business going into this matchup.<\/p>\n

\u201cNah,\u201d Newsome said. \u201cLike I said, [George Pickens] does that type of stuff all the time. There will never be a man that ever can fuel me in any type of way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Browns CB Greg Newsome responds to Steelers WR George Pickens\u2019 comments: \u201cObviously he\u2019s a guy who cares more so about himself and you see that in the penalties he causes.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/d2aTXerxZE<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/2idInzybix<\/a><\/p>\n

— Daniel Oyefusi (@DanielOyefusi) December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n