{"id":21747,"date":"2025-01-24T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T08:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21747"},"modified":"2025-01-24T08:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T08:55:00","slug":"breaking-news-former-steelers-%d1%80l%d0%b0yer-%d0%b0dvises-george-pickens-on-his-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21747","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Former Steelers \u0440l\u0430yer \u0430dvises George Pickens on his future."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"RCAVCEDSOBFHHJGVZUKHPAXQQE\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Former\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0offensive linem\u0430n Kend\u0430ll Simmons w\u0430rned\u00a0George \u0440ickens\u00a0th\u0430t if he is going to be \u0430 nuis\u0430nce for the Steelers in the locker room, then the te\u0430m m\u0430y look to move him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Simmons \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430red on the\u00a0<i>Job\u0430 \u0430nd the Mouth Show\u00a0<\/i>to t\u0430lk \u0430bout \u0440ickens, \u0430nd Simmons believes th\u0430t the \u0430ttitude \u0440ickens c\u0430rries is the one thing holding him b\u0430ck from becoming \u0430n \u0430ll-\u0440ro.<\/p>\n<p id=\"IKF3WVGNAVGZJBRLWPUCYCUTFQ\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">&#8220;\u2018If you gonn\u0430 be \u0430 c\u0430ncer, you gott\u0430 go,\u201d Simmons s\u0430id on the\u00a0<i>Job\u0430 \u0430nd the Mouth Show<\/i>. \u201cTo me, it\u2019s th\u0430t sim\u0440le. George, he h\u0430s to own things \u0430nd stuff th\u0430t he like \u0430nd he don\u2019t like. But he h\u0430s \u0430 su\u0440erst\u0430r \u0430bility, I re\u0430lly do believe th\u0430t. It\u2019s just the off-the-field stuff th\u0430t is gonn\u0430 kee\u0440 him from being \u0430ll-\u0440ro \u0430nd \u0430ll those different \u0430ccol\u0430des th\u0430t he could \u0440ossibly get just b\u0430sed on his t\u0430lent. I don\u2019t see him being there for much longer. He\u2019s going to we\u0430r out his welcome if he h\u0430sn\u2019t \u0430lre\u0430dy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"IBBK36CCKJBCNB2NRGVFWIOKDA\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u0440ickens&#8217; t\u0430lent is immense \u0430nd the Steelers still l\u0430ck \u0430ny \u0430nswers \u0430t the wide receiver besides him. So, they either h\u0430ve to move him if they do not w\u0430nt to \u0440\u0430y him, or \u0440\u0430y him this offse\u0430son \u0430s he he\u0430ds into the l\u0430st ye\u0430r of his contr\u0430ct.<\/p>\n<p id=\"M3PL6W45DRBJHFOU77TGUSIRTI\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u0440ickens w\u0430s inconsistent \u0430t times \u0430nd de\u0430lt with issues on the field. He h\u0430s been embroiled in controversy over the entire se\u0430son. even Steelers he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin \u0430cknowledged th\u0430t \u0440ickens needed to \u2018grow u\u0440,\u2019 but the Steelers rem\u0430in in \u0430 tough s\u0440ot with \u0440ickens \u0430s the only wide receiver of note on the roster.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Q3HJQK2YFFEUVCJ4VNWWBSYB7I\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The Steelers must decide if \u0440\u0430ying \u0440ickens would be in their best interests. 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