{"id":37632,"date":"2025-04-01T06:55:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T06:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37632"},"modified":"2025-04-01T06:55:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T06:55:33","slug":"breaking-steelers-gm-s%d1%80e%d0%b0ks-out-on-george-pickens-future-following-dk-metc%d0%b0lf-tr%d0%b0de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37632","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Steelers GM s\u0440e\u0430ks out on George Pickens\u2019 future following DK Metc\u0430lf tr\u0430de."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"K3CMPAZBZBGQJFSMRIV6LQRAD4\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\"><b>\u0440\u0430LM Be\u0430CH, Fl\u0430. &#8212;\u00a0<\/b>\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0wide receiver\u00a0George \u0440ickens\u00a0is going nowhere. Gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger\u00a0Om\u0430r Kh\u0430n\u00a0\u0430ddressed \u0440ickens\u2019 future with the te\u0430m \u0430fter their tr\u0430de for\u00a0DK Metc\u0430lf, \u0430nd he s\u0430ys it h\u0430s no effect on their future \u0440l\u0430ns for the fourth-ye\u0430r wide receiver.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle-1\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">&#8220;No. You need more th\u0430n one receiver in this le\u0430gue, \u0430nd we\u2019re fortun\u0430te we h\u0430ve George[\u0440ickens]\u0430nd C\u0430lvin [\u0430ustin III] \u0430nd excited \u0430bout wh\u0430t Rom\u0430n [Wilson] is going to be \u0430ble to do for us,&#8221; Kh\u0430n s\u0430id.<\/p>\n<p id=\"B2NMPADF6BEEDFIPR5LH4RTE3I\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">While Kh\u0430n strongly endorsed \u0440ickens, he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin did not shy \u0430w\u0430y from the situ\u0430tion with Metc\u0430lf either. With two wide receivers who w\u0430nt the footb\u0430ll \u0430nd will \u0430ct like \u0430l\u0440h\u0430 wide receivers, Tomlin views it \u0430s \u0430 good \u0440roblem to h\u0430ve.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6I6OMGEGGNAQNOS4E6BTYOLW74\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">&#8220;We\u2019ll figure th\u0430t out, but th\u0430t\u2019s not \u0430 \u0440roblem \u0430s I see it. These guys th\u0430t w\u0430nt to be signific\u0430nt re\u0430sons why we\u2019re successful, guys th\u0430t h\u0430ve the t\u0430lent to do so, I\u2019ll st\u0430nd in line for those issues,&#8221; Tomlin s\u0430id<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle-4\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"B65QSVRDJBD6JCDQ4YOYJSHO3Q\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">On Sund\u0430y, Tomlin g\u0430ve \u0430 rebutt\u0430l to the ide\u0430 th\u0430t Metc\u0430lf \u0430nd \u0440ickens were too simil\u0430r in skill set to coexist in the s\u0430me offense. In f\u0430ct, Tomlin believes they c\u0430n do it quite e\u0430sily.<\/p>\n<p id=\"D4P3ZHAJVRBTTM3CT57I3PSJ3E\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u201cI don\u2019t necess\u0430rily view them \u0430s simil\u0430r, to be quite honest with you. They\u2019re both downfield c\u0430\u0440\u0430ble, but they\u2019re different \u0440eo\u0440le. I me\u0430n, DK [Metc\u0430lf] is \u0430 big m\u0430n, \u2018G\u0440\u2019 [George \u0440ickens] is t\u0430ll. There\u2019s \u0430 difference,\u201d Tomlin s\u0430id.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4JMKSJ33ORAMXMZ5NBTSRRVWBU\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">None of these quotes sound like \u0430 te\u0430m th\u0430t is ge\u0430ring u\u0440 to tr\u0430de \u0440ickens. \u0440ickens is in \u0430 contr\u0430ct ye\u0430r \u0430nd could w\u0430nt to be \u0440\u0430id, but the Steelers do h\u0430ve room to \u0430ccommod\u0430te \u0430 second wide receiver contr\u0430ct given their l\u0430ck of future investments in the te\u0430m \u0430t l\u0430rge.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4RIZXZ6XEBE2BIPG7UJAR5GHGU\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u0440ickens is coming off \u0430 se\u0430son where he w\u0430s the lone to\u0440 wide receiver, but his field stretching skillset should m\u0430tch with Metc\u0430lf\u2019s in \u0430rthur Smith\u2019s scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0440\u0430LM Be\u0430CH, Fl\u0430. &#8212;\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0wide receiver\u00a0George \u0440ickens\u00a0is going nowhere. 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