After George Pickens had two almost touchdowns in Week 8 I told you to buy low. After he torched the Washington Commanders for 20.5 PPR Fantasy points, that's no longer possible.
Now you have to buy high, and I am still 100% on board. In three games with Russell Wilson at quarterback Pickens has caught 14 of 21 targets for 276 yards and two touchdowns. On a per-game basis, he is WR8 over that stretch.
I'm still not sure we've seen the best of him. That's because Wilson has still yet to throw 30 passes in a game. Week 11 was the closest the Steelers have come to a pass-heavy game script but the Commanders defense has been much better against the pass than the run so Arthur Smith stuck with the ground game as long as he could.
I don't imagine he'll have that luxury against the pass-funnel Ravens in Week 12. Pass funnel is a good way to describe a large chunk of the Steelers remaining schedule. They have two games against Baltimore and two against the Bengals , who are both good against the run and bad against the pass.
They face the Chiefs , who have the second-best run defense in the league. I suspect we're going to see a few 30-pass games from Wilson down the stretch and a few 10-target games from Pickens. He legitimately might be a top-five wide receiver in the second half.
So even though the price has gone up, I'm still buying Pickens. As always, you can find my projections for every position over at Sportsline. Here is the rest of the Week 11 WR Preview: The following play.