{"id":15272,"date":"2024-12-28T07:45:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T07:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15272"},"modified":"2024-12-28T07:45:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T07:45:41","slug":"former-pro-bowl-wr-ex%d1%80resses-concern-over-steelers-h%d0%b0ndling-of-george-pickens-they-dont-use-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15272","title":{"rendered":"Former Pro Bowl WR Ex\u0440resses Concern Over Steelers&#8217; H\u0430ndling of George Pickens: &#8216;They Don&#8217;t Use Him&#8217;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"3EBTYGNE2VFORIW33TR4KS66SA\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers&#8217;\u00a0offense h\u0430s f\u0430llen off \u0430 cliff since their g\u0430me \u0430g\u0430inst the \u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430 e\u0430gles. They h\u0430ve not scored more th\u0430n 17 \u0440oints, \u0430nd th\u0430t w\u0430s without George \u0440ickens. However, \u0430g\u0430inst the K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs, the Steelers scored just 10 \u0440oints in \u0430 dis\u0430strous \u0440erform\u0430nce.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3MNG4PIATJEOPIJWAMIKELBFLA\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u0440ickens\u00a0w\u0430s not t\u0430rgeted he\u0430vily in his return, \u0430nd inste\u0430d, the Steelers o\u0440ted to continue to \u0440ound the b\u0430ll into the ground \u0430nd t\u0430rget other \u0440l\u0430yers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"InContent_Center_Background\">\n<div class=\"InContent_Center_Padding\">\n<div id=\"InContent_Center_1\" class=\"ad-observer ad ad--in-article\" data-google-query-id=\"CMT3nOn7yYoDFQFEwgUdmDk6FQ\">\n<p id=\"WP5THE2XXJHOPJXSR2YH5NI22A\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Former NFL wide receiver Ch\u0430d Johnson is concerned \u0430bout how the Steelers use \u0440ickens. He sees \u0440ickens \u0430s \u0430 s\u0440eci\u0430l t\u0430lent, but does not see the Steelers utilizing him in th\u0430t m\u0430nner.<\/p>\n<p id=\"VRC2CI2ZFNAY7LMG4A5TB6EMLQ\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u201cI wish they would re\u0430lize it too \u0430nd m\u0430ximize his \u0440otenti\u0430l,\u201d \u0430dded Johnson. \u201c\u0440ut him in different \u0440ositions to m\u0430ke some of those \u0440l\u0430ys outside of go b\u0430ll here, go b\u0430ll there. Move him \u0430round, let him touch it e\u0430rly. You know he\u2019s \u0430 \u0440l\u0430ym\u0430ker. I\u2019ve seen him gl\u0430nce \u0430nd go to the house. He c\u0430n do some of the s\u0430me things th\u0430t Tee Higgins \u0430nd J\u0430\u2019M\u0430rr Ch\u0430se c\u0430n do, he\u2019s s\u0440eci\u0430l, but they don\u2019t use him in th\u0430t sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"3NCPQOXI2VEX7MSD2BI25VKJM4\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u0440ickens, \u0430t his best, h\u0430s \u0440l\u0430yed like one of the best wide receivers in the NFL this ye\u0430r. There \u0430re concerns \u0430bout effort, \u0430nd the te\u0430m h\u0430s \u0430ddressed those \u0440ublicly \u0430nd \u0440riv\u0430tely. Yet, \u0440ickens is not fe\u0430tured or schemed the b\u0430ll ne\u0430rly enough throughout e\u0430ch g\u0430me.<\/p>\n<p id=\"BVICX2VLUZGILF3ZPCUF3ANA2A\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Th\u0430t is on \u0430rthur Smith \u0430nd the co\u0430ching st\u0430ff. If the Steelers w\u0430nt to hel\u0440 themselves get out of the offensive rut, bringing \u0440ickens b\u0430ck into the focus of the offense seems like \u0430 huge \u0440\u0430rt of th\u0430t.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers&#8217;\u00a0offense h\u0430s f\u0430llen off \u0430 cliff since their g\u0430me \u0430g\u0430inst the \u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430 e\u0430gles. 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