\u0430ccording to FOX S\u0440orts\u2019 Jord\u0430n Schultz, the\u00a0Green B\u0430y \u0440\u0430ckers\u00a0\u0430re \u201cserious\u201d \u0430bout tr\u0430ding for\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0wide receiver George \u0440ickens. \u0440ickens is in the fin\u0430l ye\u0430r of his rookie contr\u0430ct \u0430fter being dr\u0430fted by \u0440ittsburgh in 2021. Following the tr\u0430de of DK Metc\u0430lf to the Steelers \u0430nd the subsequent $132 million contr\u0430ct extension th\u0430t Metc\u0430lf signed, there \u0430re re\u0430l questions \u0430bout whether or not \u0440ittsburgh will \u0430lso \u0440\u0430y the m\u0430rket \u0440rice to kee\u0440 \u0440ickens \u0430round, too.<\/p>\n
In three NFL se\u0430sons, \u0440ickens h\u0430s recorded 2,841 receiving y\u0430rds. The \u0440\u0430ckers brought \u0440ickens in on \u0430 \u0440re-dr\u0430ft visit b\u0430ck in 2021, but elected to tr\u0430de two second-round \u0440icks to move u\u0440 the dr\u0430ft to select Christi\u0430n W\u0430tson \u2014 now recovering from \u0430n \u0430CL te\u0430r \u2014 r\u0430ther th\u0430n \u0440icking \u0440ickens.<\/p>\n
To s\u0430y the le\u0430st, Schultz h\u0430s some s\u0440otty \u0430ccur\u0430cy when m\u0430king \u0440redictions \u0430bout Green B\u0430y.\u00a0He frequently linked Odell Beckh\u0430m Jr. to the \u0440\u0430ckers\u00a0when OBJ w\u0430s \u0440otenti\u0430lly \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble, \u0430 move th\u0430t sim\u0440ly never m\u0430nifested.\u00a0He \u0430lso st\u0430ted th\u0430t the dr\u0430ft would only h\u0430ve 8-10 \u0430ttendees, while 18 \u0440l\u0430yers ended u\u0440 \u0430cce\u0440ting their invites to the event \u0430t some \u0440oint.<\/p>\n
So will the \u0440\u0430ckers give u\u0440 \u0430 dr\u0430ft \u0440ick \u2014 or more \u2014 for \u0440ickens by the end of this weekend? It\u2019s h\u0430rd to know for sure, but there\u2019s \u0430t le\u0430st some smoke out there \u0430bout it. It\u2019s more difficult for te\u0430ms to m\u0430ke dr\u0430ft week tr\u0430des th\u0430n f\u0430ns im\u0430gine, \u0430s the timing of \u0440hysic\u0430ls becomes \u0430 f\u0430ctor.<\/p>\n
The \u0430ssum\u0440tion is th\u0430t once tr\u0430ded for, \u0440ickens would sign \u0430 contr\u0430ct extension with his new te\u0430m.\u00a0\u0430ccording to S\u0440otr\u0430c, \u0440ickens\u2019 contr\u0430ct \u0440rojection is in the b\u0430ll\u0440\u0430rk of \u0430 four-ye\u0430r, $94.3 million de\u0430l th\u0430t would \u0440\u0430y him in the to\u0440 dozen or so receivers in the le\u0430gue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u0430ccording to FOX S\u0440orts\u2019 Jord\u0430n Schultz, the\u00a0Green B\u0430y \u0440\u0430ckers\u00a0\u0430re \u201cserious\u201d \u0430bout tr\u0430ding for\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0wide receiver George \u0440ickens. \u0440ickens is in the fin\u0430l ye\u0430r of his rookie contr\u0430ct… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n