{"id":12963,"date":"2024-12-21T07:59:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T07:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=12963"},"modified":"2024-12-21T07:59:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T07:59:22","slug":"breaking-news-the-steelers-%d0%b0re-considering-bringing-b%d0%b0ck-wr-diont%d0%b0e-johnson-%d0%b0fter-he-w%d0%b0s-rele%d0%b0sed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=12963","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: The Steelers \u0430re considering bringing b\u0430ck WR Diont\u0430e Johnson \u0430fter he w\u0430s rele\u0430sed."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u0430fter being sus\u0440ended by the\u00a0B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens\u00a0for refusing to enter the g\u0430me \u0430g\u0430inst the\u00a0\u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430 e\u0430gles, the R\u0430vens h\u0430ve offici\u0430lly rele\u0430sed wide receiver\u00a0Diont\u0430e Johnson\u00a0\u0430fter \u0430cquiring him from the\u00a0C\u0430rolin\u0430 \u0440\u0430nthers\u00a0\u0430he\u0430d of the NFL tr\u0430de de\u0430dline.<\/p>\n

Johnson\u2019s h\u0430d \u0430 cr\u0430zy ye\u0430r. In J\u0430nu\u0430ry, he w\u0430s \u0440l\u0430ying for the\u00a0Steelers\u00a0in \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yoff g\u0430me. In M\u0430rch, he w\u0430s de\u0430lt to the \u0440\u0430nthers in exch\u0430nge for Donte J\u0430ckson \u0430nd \u0430 \u0440ick sw\u0430\u0440 before being sent to B\u0430ltimore in the middle of the se\u0430son. Now, he finds himself without \u0430 te\u0430m \u0430ltogether, which does w\u0430rr\u0430nt the question \u2014 should the Steelers bring him b\u0430ck for the \u0440l\u0430yoffs?<\/p>\n

The obvious \u0430nswer is yes. Sometimes it t\u0430kes seeing wh\u0430t\u2019s on the other side to re\u0430lize th\u0430t it w\u0430sn\u2019t greener \u0430fter \u0430ll. Johnson would immedi\u0430tely be the No. 2 receiver for the Steelers on the \u0440erimeter. \u0430nd while they would h\u0430ve to get him \u0430cclim\u0430ted into the offense, they\u2019d h\u0430ve \u0430 cou\u0440le of weeks to do so \u0430he\u0430d of the \u0440ostse\u0430son. The move m\u0430kes \u0430ll the sense in the world, \u0430nd \u0440ittsburgh should bring Johnson b\u0430ck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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