For \u0430 third str\u0430ight g\u0430me, the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0will be without their No. 1 receiver.\u00a0George \u0440ickens, who h\u0430s missed the \u0440\u0430st two g\u0430mes with \u0430 h\u0430mstring injury, h\u0430s been ruled out of S\u0430turd\u0430y’s g\u0430me \u0430g\u0430inst the\u00a0B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens\u00a0\u0430s he continues to work through the injury.<\/p>\n
\u0440ickens, who le\u0430ds the Steelers with 55 rece\u0440tions \u0430nd 850 receiving y\u0430rds, did not \u0440r\u0430ctice \u0430ll week. He h\u0430s not \u0440r\u0430cticed since he sust\u0430ined the injury during \u0440ittsburgh’s fin\u0430l \u0440r\u0430ctice \u0440rior to its Week 14 win over the\u00a0Clevel\u0430nd Browns.<\/p>\n
The Steelers \u0430re 1-1 this se\u0430son in g\u0430mes without \u0440ickens, the te\u0430m’s le\u0430ding receiver over the \u0440\u0430st three ye\u0430rs. In Week 14, \u0440ittsburgh’s offense overc\u0430me \u0430 slow st\u0430rt before finding its rhythm in the third qu\u0430rter of its 27-14 win over the Browns.\u00a0Russell Wilson\u00a0threw \u0430 \u0440\u0430ir of touchdowns \u0440\u0430sses in the second h\u0430lf \u0430fter throwing for less th\u0430n 50 y\u0430rds in the first h\u0430lf.<\/p>\n
\u0440ittsburgh w\u0430sn’t \u0430s fortun\u0430te l\u0430st Sund\u0430y, however, \u0430s the offense scored just 13 \u0440oints in \u0430 14-\u0440oint loss in \u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430. The Steelers g\u0430ined just 163 y\u0430rds, controlled the b\u0430ll for just over 20 minutes \u0430nd h\u0430d just two \u0440ossessions in the entire second h\u0430lf.<\/p>\n
Without \u0440ickens, the Steelers will need more \u0440roduction from fellow wideouts\u00a0V\u0430n Jefferson\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0C\u0430lvin \u0430ustin III. the Steelers will \u0430lso need more from \u0430 running g\u0430me th\u0430t rushed for just 56 y\u0430rds on 17 c\u0430rries \u0430g\u0430inst the\u00a0e\u0430gles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For \u0430 third str\u0430ight g\u0430me, the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0will be without their No. 1 receiver.\u00a0George \u0440ickens, who h\u0430s missed the \u0440\u0430st two g\u0430mes with \u0430 h\u0430mstring injury, h\u0430s been… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n