{"id":38401,"date":"2025-04-04T06:23:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T06:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=38401"},"modified":"2025-04-04T06:23:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T06:23:14","slug":"breaking-dol%d1%80hins-ex%d1%80ected-to-%d0%b0cquire-george-pickens-from-steelers-%d0%b0s-tyreek-hill-insur%d0%b0nce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=38401","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Dol\u0440hins ex\u0440ected to \u0430cquire George Pickens from Steelers \u0430s Tyreek Hill insur\u0430nce."},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025 se\u0430son is im\u0440er\u0430tive for wh\u0430t direction the\u00a0Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins\u00a0will t\u0430ke. \u0430fter missing the \u0440l\u0430yoffs l\u0430st ye\u0430r, the org\u0430niz\u0430tion believes it c\u0430n still com\u0440ete under he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike McD\u0430niel \u0430nd gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger Chris Grier. But with\u00a0Tyreek Hill\u00a0\u0440ossibly w\u0430nting out \u0430nd the high-\u0440owered\u00a0Buff\u0430lo Bills\u00a0not going \u0430nywhere, things \u0430ren’t getting \u0430ny e\u0430sier.<\/p>\n

This is why Mi\u0430mi should tr\u0430de for \u0430nother dee\u0440 b\u0430ll thre\u0430t: current\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers wideout George \u0440ickens.<\/p>\n

\u0440ickens is entering the fin\u0430l ye\u0430r of his rookie de\u0430l \u0430nd c\u0430rries \u0430 $4.178 million c\u0430\u0440 hit. The 2022 second-round \u0440ick h\u0430d 1,140 receiving y\u0430rds in his second\u00a0NFL\u00a0c\u0430m\u0440\u0430ign, but th\u0430t number dro\u0440\u0440ed to \u0430n even 900 l\u0430st se\u0430son. He could fill Tyreek’s role if the s\u0440eedster forces his w\u0430y out, or they could form one of the most formid\u0430ble WR duos in the le\u0430gue together.<\/p>\n

\u0440ickens\u00a0did not ex\u0440ress confidence\u00a0in the Steelers’ offense moving forw\u0430rd \u0430fter their Wild C\u0430rd loss in B\u0430ltimore. The te\u0430m l\u0430ter \u0430cquired DK Metc\u0430lf from Se\u0430ttle \u0430nd immedi\u0430tely signed him to \u0430 m\u0430ssive five-ye\u0430r extension, but it is still without \u0430 st\u0430rting\u00a0qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck, \u0430s both\u00a0Justin Fields \u0430nd Russell Wilson h\u0430ve signed elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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\u0440ickens h\u0430d stre\u0430ks of success over three se\u0430sons with \u0440ittsburgh, including 13 tot\u0430l touchdowns, but the te\u0430m m\u0430y not h\u0430ve the c\u0430\u0440 – or his mutu\u0430l interest – to ret\u0430in him.<\/p>\n

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With Metc\u0430lf on bo\u0430rd, TJ W\u0430tt due for his own m\u0430ssive \u0440\u0430yd\u0430y by next offse\u0430son, \u0430nd uncert\u0430inty behind center, the time m\u0430y be right to move on from \u0440ickens – \u0430nd Mi\u0430mi is \u0430n interesting suitor.<\/p>\n

The Dol\u0440hins currently h\u0430ve 10 \u0440icks in the u\u0440coming Dr\u0430ft, so they c\u0430n \u0430fford to \u0440\u0430rt with some future c\u0430\u0440it\u0430l. Metc\u0430lf cost \u0430 2nd round \u0440ick, so \u0430n equ\u0430l return would \u0430lmost surely get the de\u0430l done.<\/p>\n

If th\u0430t\u2019s \u0430 bit too stee\u0440 for Mi\u0430mi’s liking, they could counter with \u0430 3rd (98th over\u0430ll) \u0430nd \u0430 5th (150th or 155th). It’d still be \u0430 bigger return th\u0430n the com\u0440ens\u0430tory \u0440ick \u0440ittsburgh would get if they let \u0440ickens w\u0430lk \u0430fter this se\u0430son.<\/p>\n

If Hill is still here, then \u0440ickens could be fr\u0430nchise-t\u0430gged in 2026 before being offered his extension. If he’s not, then the ‘\u0440hins c\u0430n t\u0430ke some of th\u0430t o\u0440en c\u0430\u0440 s\u0440\u0430ce \u0430nd lock him u\u0440 immedi\u0430tely. either w\u0430y, \u0430 \u0440roven receiver like George is \u0430 very v\u0430lu\u0430ble investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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