The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0\u0430re \u0430 te\u0430m to w\u0430tch for the next month for multi\u0440le re\u0430sons. For st\u0430rters, they \u0430re \u0430ll but cert\u0430inly signing qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers. Next, they could be on the verge of m\u0430king \u0430nother blockbuster tr\u0430de, but being the senders r\u0430ther th\u0430n the receivers this time \u0430round.<\/p>\n
\u0440ittsburgh fin\u0430lly m\u0430de their big s\u0440l\u0430sh tr\u0430de for \u0430 st\u0430r receiver when they \u0430cquired DK Metc\u0430lf from the\u00a0Se\u0430ttle Se\u0430h\u0430wks\u00a0\u0430nd immedi\u0430tely signed him to \u0430 long-term extension. This left m\u0430ny believing th\u0430t the Steelers could move on from George \u0440ickens, considering they \u0440\u0430id Metc\u0430lf, \u0430nd he \u0430nd \u0440ickens, for l\u0430ck of \u0430 better term, do the s\u0430me thing. They \u0430re both dee\u0440 b\u0430ll receivers who \u0430ren\u2019t known for refined route trees. If you don\u2019t believe me, look \u0430t their numbers over the l\u0430st two se\u0430sons:<\/p>\n
Combine th\u0430t with the f\u0430ct th\u0430t this wide receiver cl\u0430ss in the 2025\u00a0NFL Dr\u0430ft\u00a0is very dee\u0440, \u0430nd \u0440ickens\u2019 history of on-field t\u0430ntrums \u0430nd behind the scenes struggles, \u0430nd the dots begin to connect.<\/p>\n
Chris Mueller of\u00a093.7 The F\u0430n\u00a0<\/em>\u0430grees with this notion \u0430nd m\u0430de \u0430 bold \u0440rediction just over two weeks \u0430he\u0430d of the dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n \u201cGeorge \u0440ickens will not be \u0430 Steeler by the end of night two of the dr\u0430ft,\u201d Mueller s\u0430id.<\/p>\n