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One of the intriguing storylines coming with Sunday's Steelers/Packers game at Acrisure Stadium are each team's young, tall receivers, both drafted in the 2nd round of the 2022 NFL draft: the Packers' Christian Watson, and a few spots later in the 2nd round: the Steelers' George Pickens...Watson is 6'4" with 4.36 speed; Pickens is 6'3" with 4.47 speed...both had great rookie seasons, but Pickens is out ahead of Watson so far this season, even though he's lagging behind his own numbers from last year because of more limited opportunities to catch the ball, with Diontae Johnson back in the lineup...here, Sports Illustrated writer Bill Huber compares the two receivers headed into Sunday: https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/news/christian-watson-george-pickens-in-packers-steelers-spotlight