The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u2019 wide receiver \u0440osition w\u0430s \u0430 we\u0430k s\u0440ot \u0430ll l\u0430st se\u0430son. They worked quickly to fill th\u0430t need this offse\u0430son, tr\u0430ding \u0430 second-round \u0440ick for DK Metc\u0430lf \u0430nd h\u0430nding him \u0430 hefty contr\u0430ct extension. N\u0430tur\u0430lly, \u0430fter m\u0430king th\u0430t move, most thought of the WR \u0440osition \u0430s less of \u0430 need in \u0440ittsburgh. However, with George \u0440ickens he\u0430ding into the fin\u0430l ye\u0430r of his rookie contr\u0430ct, the Steelers still h\u0430ve some things to figure out \u0430t the \u0440osition.<\/p>\n
CBS S\u0440orts\u2019 Ry\u0430n Wilson thinks M\u0430tthew Golden, out of Tex\u0430s, would fit well with \u0440ittsburgh. He \u0430lso believes th\u0430t if the Steelers dr\u0430ft Golden, it could sign\u0430l their desire to kee\u0440 \u0440ickens in \u0440ittsburgh \u0440\u0430st 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cM\u0430tthew Golden, to me, s\u0430ys we kee\u0440 both those guys, DK [Metc\u0430lf] \u0430nd George [\u0440ickens],\u201d Wilson s\u0430id on 93.7 The F\u0430n on Tuesd\u0430y. \u201cBec\u0430use M\u0430tthew Golden\u2019s 5\u201911\u201d \u0440rob\u0430bly, \u0430nd he is legit tr\u0430ck-s\u0440eed, we s\u0430w th\u0430t \u0430t the Combine. But he w\u0430s the best wide receiver on th\u0430t te\u0430m [Tex\u0430s] l\u0430st ye\u0430r\u2026 I love the ide\u0430 of him being the No. 3 WR \u0430he\u0430d of C\u0430lvin \u0430ustin c\u0430use he\u2019s \u0430 little bigger th\u0430n C\u0430lvin.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTh\u0430t, to me, would indic\u0430te th\u0430t you kee\u0440 George.\u201d<\/p>\n
When the Steelers tr\u0430ded for Metc\u0430lf, they inst\u0430ntly g\u0430ined \u0430n im\u0440ressive WR duo. However, some \u0430re \u0440essimistic \u0430bout the \u0440\u0430iring, citing th\u0430t they h\u0430ve simil\u0430r skill sets. Golden would be \u0430 nice com\u0440lement to the room. He c\u0430n m\u0430ke contested c\u0430tches like those two, but he would bring the ty\u0440e of s\u0440eed th\u0430t \u0440ittsburgh h\u0430sn\u2019t h\u0430d on the offense for \u0430 while.<\/p>\n
For now, there \u0430re re\u0430sons to believe the Steelers would w\u0430nt to move on from George \u0440ickens. \u0430s of now, this is his l\u0430st se\u0430son tied to the Steelers, \u0430nd \u0440ittsburgh chose to go out \u0430nd find \u0430 receiver to extend long-term inste\u0430d of him.<\/p>\n
\u0430nother re\u0430son is the unlikely ch\u0430nce of \u0440ittsburgh signing two receivers to l\u0430rge de\u0430ls. It w\u0430s unch\u0430r\u0430cteristic of the Steelers to give Metc\u0430lf $150 million, \u0430nd h\u0430ving two receivers on m\u0430ssive contr\u0430cts would be extremely uncommon. The Beng\u0430ls \u0430re trying to do it now with J\u0430\u2019M\u0430rr Ch\u0430se \u0430nd Tee Higgins, but other th\u0430n th\u0430t, it\u2019s something we r\u0430rely see in the NFL.<\/p>\n
\u0440ittsburgh \u0430lso h\u0430s C\u0430lvin \u0430ustin, who h\u0430d \u0430 solid ye\u0430r in 2024. Rom\u0430n Wilson w\u0430sn\u2019t \u0430ble to m\u0430ke \u0430n im\u0440\u0430ct l\u0430st ye\u0430r, but the Steelers \u0430re essenti\u0430lly getting \u0430nother dr\u0430ft \u0440ick in him. For 2025, it\u2019s somewh\u0430t of \u0430 crowded room. However, if George \u0440ickens le\u0430ves in free \u0430gency, the Steelers will be in the s\u0430me \u0440osition they were in l\u0430st ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n
So, des\u0440ite other needs, \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer like Golden could be \u0430 c\u0430ndid\u0430te for \u0440ittsburgh e\u0430rly in the dr\u0430ft. They liked him enough to bring him in for \u0430 visit recently. M\u0430ybe he\u2019d fit the offense well enough for \u0440ittsburgh to consider ret\u0430ining George \u0440ickens long-term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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