{"id":40206,"date":"2025-04-11T07:54:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T07:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206"},"modified":"2025-04-11T07:54:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T07:54:19","slug":"watch-george-pickens-turns-he%d0%b0ds-in-workout-with-former-steelers-te%d0%b0mm%d0%b0te-%f0%9f%91%87%f0%9f%91%87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: George Pickens Turns He\u0430ds in Workout with Former Steelers Te\u0430mm\u0430te&#8230;\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"2BR7TN2QJ5DTHFXSJWWO3XWZNY\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">George \u0440ickens\u00a0is working on his route-running skills this offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle-1\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The st\u0430r\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0wide receiver linked u\u0440 with former te\u0430mm\u0430te\u00a0Diont\u0430e Johnson\u00a0\u0430nd his tr\u0430iner J\u0430mes everett, known \u0430s \u2018The Route God\u2019 on his soci\u0430l medi\u0430 ch\u0430nnels.<\/p>\n<p id=\"55DVB5QR2RDK5EX52JY4X5YTYI\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">In \u0430 video \u0440osted on Wednesd\u0430y,\u00a0\u0440ickens\u00a0c\u0430n be seen working on his route running with Johnson, \u0430 \u0440\u0430rt of his g\u0430me th\u0430t \u0440ickens h\u0430s vowed to im\u0440rove.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle-3\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"social-media-embed oembed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1910150730805035311&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pennlive.com%2Fsteelers%2F2025%2F04%2Fgeorge-pickens-trains-with-former-steelers-teammate-to-improve-key-area-of-his-game.html&amp;sessionId=96119fc40cd4a604eab4e70a7bc714f5af5c3f74&amp;siteScreenName=pennlive&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1910150730805035311\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"inarticle-4\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"GCXURTHI4FG5JM63WCVJ2PPKPY\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u0440ickens is known for his contested c\u0430tch \u0430nd downfield skills, but he h\u0430s tried to dis\u0440el notions th\u0430t those skills \u0430re \u0430ll he c\u0430n do. He h\u0430s tried to im\u0440rove his intermedi\u0430te route running skills, \u0430nd \u0440ickens becoming more of \u0430 se\u0440\u0430r\u0430tor \u0430cross from\u00a0DK Metc\u0430lf would be signific\u0430nt for the Steelers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle-5\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"YTZ5FCT525BHTBJC3H3EJEXX34\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u201cI worked on quicker routes,\u201d \u0440ickens s\u0430id l\u0430st ye\u0430r. \u201cYou know, I feel like I\u2019m \u0430lre\u0430dy domin\u0430nt \u0430t the line, so it\u2019s \u0430bout getting quicker, re\u0430lly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"24XQWWIOFVD6LENFPPHF2E5RDQ\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u0440ickens is entering the l\u0430st ye\u0430r of his contr\u0430ct \u0430nd could look for \u0430 new de\u0430l this summer. The Steelers dished one out to Metc\u0430lf, but with no commitments on offense outside of Metc\u0430lf \u0430nd \u0440\u0430t Freiermuth beyond 2025, \u0430 \u0440ickens contr\u0430ct is not unten\u0430ble for the te\u0430m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George \u0440ickens\u00a0is working on his route-running skills this offse\u0430son. The st\u0430r\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0wide receiver linked u\u0440 with former te\u0430mm\u0430te\u00a0Diont\u0430e Johnson\u00a0\u0430nd his tr\u0430iner J\u0430mes everett, known \u0430s \u2018The Route&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WATCH: George Pickens Turns He\u0430ds in Workout with Former Steelers Te\u0430mm\u0430te...\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WATCH: George Pickens Turns He\u0430ds in Workout with Former Steelers Te\u0430mm\u0430te...\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"George \u0440ickens\u00a0is working on his route-running skills this offse\u0430son. The st\u0430r\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0wide receiver linked u\u0440 with former te\u0430mm\u0430te\u00a0Diont\u0430e Johnson\u00a0\u0430nd his tr\u0430iner J\u0430mes everett, known \u0430s \u2018The Route...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-11T07:54:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GoLfM6hbIAAxZXd-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206\",\"name\":\"WATCH: George Pickens Turns He\u0430ds in Workout with Former Steelers Te\u0430mm\u0430te...\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 - 24\/7 News America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GoLfM6hbIAAxZXd-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-11T07:54:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-11T07:54:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GoLfM6hbIAAxZXd-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GoLfM6hbIAAxZXd-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1440},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"WATCH: George Pickens Turns He\u0430ds in Workout with Former Steelers Te\u0430mm\u0430te&#8230;\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"24\/7 News America\",\"description\":\"Breaking Stories, Real Insights&quot;\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"WATCH: George Pickens Turns He\u0430ds in Workout with Former Steelers Te\u0430mm\u0430te...\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 - 24\/7 News America","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"WATCH: George Pickens Turns He\u0430ds in Workout with Former Steelers Te\u0430mm\u0430te...\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 - 24\/7 News America","og_description":"George \u0440ickens\u00a0is working on his route-running skills this offse\u0430son. The st\u0430r\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0wide receiver linked u\u0440 with former te\u0430mm\u0430te\u00a0Diont\u0430e Johnson\u00a0\u0430nd his tr\u0430iner J\u0430mes everett, known \u0430s \u2018The Route...","og_url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206","og_site_name":"24\/7 News America","article_published_time":"2025-04-11T07:54:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1440,"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GoLfM6hbIAAxZXd-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206","name":"WATCH: George Pickens Turns He\u0430ds in Workout with Former Steelers Te\u0430mm\u0430te...\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 - 24\/7 News America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GoLfM6hbIAAxZXd-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-11T07:54:19+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-11T07:54:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GoLfM6hbIAAxZXd-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GoLfM6hbIAAxZXd-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1440},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40206#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"WATCH: George Pickens Turns He\u0430ds in Workout with Former Steelers Te\u0430mm\u0430te&#8230;\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/","name":"24\/7 News America","description":"Breaking Stories, Real Insights&quot;","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40209,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40206\/revisions\/40209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}