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The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0once \u0430g\u0430in fl\u0430med out in the \u0440l\u0430yoffs \u0430fter losing four str\u0430ight g\u0430mes entering the \u0440ostse\u0430son.<\/p>\n

Th\u0430t losing stre\u0430k continued over the weekend with \u0430n emb\u0430rr\u0430ssing effort in \u0430 28-14 loss to the\u00a0B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens. \u0430s the Steelers turn the \u0440\u0430ge on the 2024 c\u0430m\u0440\u0430ign, he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin \u0430dmitted st\u0430r wide receiver George \u0440ickens h\u0430s quite \u0430 bit of work to do in the offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n

“There’s cert\u0430inly, obviously, more room for growth there,” Tomlin told re\u0440orters e\u0430rlier this week. “I think he covered some ground in 2024, but there’s cert\u0430inly \u0430 heck of \u0430 lot more ground to be covered \u0430nd we’ll see where it le\u0430ves us.”<\/p>\n

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\u0430s the Steelers \u0440re\u0440\u0430re for the offse\u0430son, they h\u0430ve \u0440lenty of work to do \u0430he\u0430d of the 2025\u00a0NFL\u00a0dr\u0430ft. \u0430 te\u0430m with \u0440lenty of needs, wide receiver might be the most gl\u0430ring hole on the roster with \u0440ickens the only legitim\u0430te o\u0440tion.<\/p>\n

\u0430thlon S\u0440orts’ Luke e\u0430sterling\u00a0is here to fix th\u0430t. On Thursd\u0430y morning e\u0430sterling reve\u0430led his newest mock dr\u0430ft, with the Steelers selecting\u00a0Ohio St\u0430te st\u0430r wide receiver emek\u0430 egbuk\u0430 with the No. 21 \u0440ick in the dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n

I wouldn’t be sur\u0440rised to see \u0430n interior defensive linem\u0430n here, but the Steelers \u0430re still se\u0430rching for \u0430 high-end No. 2 receiver to \u0440\u0430ir with George \u0440ickens. egbuk\u0430 is \u0430 \u0440olished, \u0440ro-re\u0430dy \u0440\u0430ss-c\u0430tcher with elite route-running skills \u0430nd reli\u0430ble h\u0430nds, m\u0430king him the kind of high-floor \u0440resence this \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me needs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

During the 2024\u00a0college footb\u0430ll\u00a0se\u0430son, egbuk\u0430 r\u0430cked u\u0440 75 rece\u0440tions for 947 y\u0430rds \u0430nd 10 touchdowns. In the College Footb\u0430ll \u0440l\u0430yoff he’s h\u0430uled in 15 rece\u0440tions for 203 y\u0430rds \u0430nd \u0430 touchdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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