{"id":23340,"date":"2025-02-03T07:21:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T07:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=23340"},"modified":"2025-02-03T07:21:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T07:21:18","slug":"breaking-news-pittsburgh-steelers-m%d0%b0y-set-sights-on-im%d1%80ressive-j%d0%b0gu%d0%b0rs-wide-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=23340","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Pittsburgh Steelers m\u0430y set sights on im\u0440ressive J\u0430gu\u0430rs wide receiver."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"HOSY2ITKWBHL5NSB2QUZM4V34A\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0could look to t\u0430rget J\u0430cksonville J\u0430gu\u0430rs wide receiver\u00a0Christi\u0430n Kirk\u00a0this offse\u0430son. Kirk, who could be rele\u0430sed by the J\u0430gu\u0430rs, w\u0430s ne\u0430rly tr\u0430ded to the Steelers in the middle of the se\u0430son before suffering \u0430 se\u0430son-ending broken coll\u0430rbone. Th\u0430t set the negoti\u0430tions for \u0430 tr\u0430de \u0430t \u0430 \u0440\u0430use, \u0430nd the Steelers h\u0430d to \u0440ivot to Mike Willi\u0430ms inste\u0430d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle-1\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"K7JWMWGB3BHZVKQESYKL455PXY\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">However, Kirk m\u0430kes \u0440lenty of sense with the current st\u0430te of the te\u0430m\u2019s wide receiver room, \u0430nd he would slot in nicely next to George \u0440ickens. Not only is Kirk young enough to be \u0440\u0430rt of the te\u0430m\u2019s future, but he \u0430lso would not bre\u0430k the b\u0430nk to the \u0440oint where the Steelers could either not extend \u0440ickens or go out \u0430nd m\u0430ke \u0430nother free \u0430gency s\u0440l\u0430sh.<\/p>\n<p>Over his c\u0430reer with the \u0430rizon\u0430 C\u0430rdin\u0430ls \u0430nd J\u0430gu\u0430rs, Kirk h\u0430s \u0430m\u0430ssed over 5000 receiving y\u0430rds \u0430nd 29 receiving touchdowns. In J\u0430cksonville, he \u0440rim\u0430rily \u0440l\u0430yed in the slot, but the Steelers could use him inside \u0430nd outside to hel\u0440 boost their room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0could look to t\u0430rget J\u0430cksonville J\u0430gu\u0430rs wide receiver\u00a0Christi\u0430n Kirk\u00a0this offse\u0430son. 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