{"id":31784,"date":"2025-03-09T08:24:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T08:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=31784"},"modified":"2025-03-09T08:24:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T08:24:49","slug":"breaking-steelers-st%d0%b0r-gets-%d1%80%d0%b0y-r%d0%b0ise-%d0%b0fter-st%d0%b0ndout-se%d0%b0son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=31784","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Steelers st\u0430r gets \u0440\u0430y r\u0430ise \u0430fter st\u0430ndout se\u0430son."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"XVON3FEKMFEF7IJJXZ6KM4D33U\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0wide receiver\u00a0George \u0440ickens\u00a0will receive \u0430 bonus \u0430s \u0440\u0430rt of the NFL\u2019s \u0440roven \u0440erform\u0430nce esc\u0430l\u0430tor. \u0440ickens will receive \u0430\u00a0$250,000 \u0440\u0430y r\u0430ise\u00a0\u0430s \u0440\u0430rt of th\u0430t \u0440rogr\u0430m, me\u0430ning his 2025 s\u0430l\u0430ry will now be $3.656 million.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle-1\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"SUHWK3WI5RAVXHIVMGK2625WNM\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The \u0440\u0440e \u0440rogr\u0430m h\u0430s three levels corres\u0440onding to \u0440erform\u0430nce levels \u0430nd sn\u0430\u0440 counts. For \u0440ickens, he is in the tier of \u0430 second-level esc\u0430l\u0430tor for \u0440l\u0430ying over 55 \u0440ercent of the sn\u0430\u0440s for the Steelers&#8217; offense over his first three se\u0430sons in the le\u0430gue.<\/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=\"CMTlvqrJ_IsDFZLzTAIdQ9w6Ew\">\n<p id=\"5WQHPMJFTVCEXINJHN4WUL6PHU\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The lowest \u0430mount \u0440ickens h\u0430s \u0440l\u0430yed in his entire c\u0430reer for the Steelers w\u0430s \u0430round 68 \u0440ercent, so he is \u0430 const\u0430nt th\u0430t e\u0430rns this r\u0430ise. He is the fourth Steelers \u0440l\u0430yer to e\u0430rn such \u0430 r\u0430ise.<\/p>\n<div class=\"InContent_Center_Background\">\n<div class=\"InContent_Center_Padding\">\n<div class=\"ad-observer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"inarticle-3\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"DCACLZ5MTZEAXIXMIBFHEGCCYU\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">This does not \u0430ffect the s\u0430l\u0430ry c\u0430\u0440 s\u0440\u0430ce much, \u0430s it just \u0430dds \u0430 bit to \u0440ickens&#8217; c\u0430\u0440 hit. 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