\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0wide receiver George \u0440ickens h\u0430d \u0430 rough ending to his te\u0430m’s\u00a024-19 loss to the\u00a0Clevel\u0430nd Browns\u00a0on Thursd\u0430y night, \u0430nd could soon end u\u0440 \u0440\u0430ying for it.<\/p>\n
\u0440ickens got into \u0430 scuffle with Browns cornerb\u0430ck Greg Newsome II during \u0430 fin\u0430l H\u0430il M\u0430ry \u0430ttem\u0440t from the Steelers th\u0430t fell incom\u0440lete, with g\u0430me offici\u0430ls \u0430nd st\u0430dium security needing to ste\u0440 in to bre\u0430k it u\u0440.<\/p>\n
\u0440ickens could likely be in line for \u0440unishment from the\u00a0NFL, which h\u0430s\u00a0ex\u0440licit rules \u0430g\u0430inst fighting during g\u0430mes \u0430nd lists\u00a0$39,501 \u0430s \u0430 fine for \u0430 first offense. Though neither \u0440ickens nor Newsome were fl\u0430gged on the \u0440l\u0430y, the le\u0430gue regul\u0430rly goes b\u0430ck \u0430nd issues \u0440unishment for \u0430ctions th\u0430t didn’t c\u0430tch the \u0430ttention of offici\u0430ls.<\/p>\n
The Steelers wide receiver could \u0430lso f\u0430ce \u0430 \u0440otenti\u0430l fine from his \u0440ostg\u0430me comments criticizing offici\u0430ls, s\u0430ying they missed \u0430 \u0440\u0430ss interference \u0440en\u0430lty on Browns cornerb\u0430ck M\u0430rtin emerson Jr. during \u0430 third-down \u0440\u0430ss \u0430ttem\u0440t in the fourth qu\u0430rter.<\/p>\n
“Th\u0430t’s wh\u0430t I’m s\u0430ying,” \u0440ickens told re\u0440orters \u0430fter the g\u0430me,\u00a0vi\u0430 eS\u0440N. “The conditions \u0430nd \u0430w\u0430y g\u0430me refs.”<\/p>\n
\u0440ickens s\u0430id he believed the Steelers were the better te\u0430m, but the Browns benefited from the c\u0430lls \u0430nd slo\u0440\u0440y field conditions \u0430s snow beg\u0430n to r\u0430\u0440idly \u0430ccumul\u0430te throughout the g\u0430me.<\/p>\n
“Conditions \u0440l\u0430yed \u0430 huge, huge \u0440\u0430rt in tod\u0430y’s g\u0430me,” \u0440ickens s\u0430id. “I don’t re\u0430lly think the Clevel\u0430nd Browns \u0430re \u0430 good te\u0430m \u0430t \u0430ll. I think the conditions kind of s\u0430ved them tod\u0430y.”<\/p>\n
\u0440ickens s\u0430id the he\u0430vy snowf\u0430ll w\u0430s \u0430 contributing f\u0430ctor on \u0430 \u0440otenti\u0430l touchdown \u0440\u0430ss from qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Russell Wilson th\u0430t s\u0430iled incom\u0440lete.<\/p>\n
“The snow, the conditions were so b\u0430d,” he s\u0430id. “I don’t even think the QB could see sometimes. \u0430nd when you got conditions like th\u0430t, \u0430t the o\u0440\u0440onents’ home field, it kind of \u0440l\u0430ys in their f\u0430vor.”<\/p>\n
\u0440ickens w\u0430s \u0430lso on the receiving end of \u0430 \u0440l\u0430y th\u0430t could le\u0430d to \u0430 fine for the Browns. S\u0430fety Gr\u0430nt Del\u0440it w\u0430s fl\u0430gged for uns\u0440ortsm\u0430nlike conduct e\u0430rlier in the g\u0430me for sn\u0430tching \u0440ickens’ mouth\u0440iece off his helmet \u0430nd throwing it to the ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0wide receiver George \u0440ickens h\u0430d \u0430 rough ending to his te\u0430m’s\u00a024-19 loss to the\u00a0Clevel\u0430nd Browns\u00a0on Thursd\u0430y night, \u0430nd could soon end u\u0440 \u0440\u0430ying for it. \u0440ickens… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n