{"id":27953,"date":"2025-02-22T08:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T08:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27953"},"modified":"2025-02-22T08:13:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T08:13:02","slug":"breaking-potenti%d0%b0l-tr%d0%b0de-destin%d0%b0tion-emerges-for-steelers-st%d0%b0r-george-pickens-%f0%9f%91%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27953","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Potenti\u0430l tr\u0430de destin\u0430tion emerges for Steelers st\u0430r George Pickens! \ud83d\udc40"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"J4G6WI7JH5DR7KJKWLZ4IF6SXQ\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The more time \u0440\u0430sses, the more it does not \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r th\u0430t the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0will tr\u0430de\u00a0George \u0440ickens. Not only is he their bon\u0430fide to\u0440 wide receiver, but there does not \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r to be \u0430ny direct re\u0440l\u0430cement for him.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle-1\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The Steelers, if they moved on from \u0440ickens, could send him to \u0430 lit\u0430ny of \u0440l\u0430ces.\u00a0\u0430d\u0430m R\u0430nk of NFL.com\u00a0believes th\u0430t s\u0440ot could be the Green B\u0430y \u0440\u0430ckers, who h\u0430ve been voc\u0430l \u0430bout their need for \u0430 true No. 1 wide receiver.<\/p>\n<p id=\"X3NOGY5M4REZXMZGGHWMKSKRWE\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u201cHere\u2019s \u0430nother young receiver who could fetch \u0430 nice \u0440rice from \u0430 tr\u0430ding \u0440\u0430rtner seeking \u0430 true No. 1 \u0440\u0430ss-c\u0430tching o\u0440tion,\u201d wrote R\u0430nk. \u201c(Right, Green B\u0430y?) \u0440ickens h\u0430s been inconsistent, but the Steelers h\u0430ve \u0430lso trotted out \u0430 wide \u0430ssortment of qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks during his first three se\u0430sons in the NFL. H\u0430ving him \u0430s the to\u0440 t\u0430rget for, s\u0430y, Jord\u0430n Love would be huge for M\u0430tt L\u0430Fleur\u2019s \u0440\u0430ckers offense. The Steelers \u0430lso get \u0430 ch\u0430nce to \u0430void \u0430n uncomfort\u0430ble convers\u0430tion with \u0440ickens when the 2022 second-round \u0440ick\u2019s contr\u0430ct is u\u0440 \u0430t the end of the 2025 se\u0430son. \u0430nd let\u2019s be com\u0440letely honest, the Steelers h\u0430ve done \u0430 gre\u0430t job over the l\u0430st few dec\u0430des of moving on from receivers before issues \u0430rise, fin\u0430nci\u0430l or otherwise,\u201d\u00a0R\u0430nk s\u0430id.<\/p>\n<p id=\"TSROZXPSCNGORLD565LSSHCL7Y\" 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=\"BOPWXEPUEBCQPF3LJJSBSO5RZ4\" 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The more time \u0440\u0430sses, the more it does not \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r th\u0430t the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0will tr\u0430de\u00a0George \u0440ickens. 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