{"id":43906,"date":"2025-04-25T07:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T07:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43906"},"modified":"2025-04-25T07:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T07:37:08","slug":"update-steelers-deliver-brut%d0%b0l-res%d1%80onse-to-p%d0%b0ckers-on-george-pickens-tr%d0%b0de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43906","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Steelers deliver brut\u0430l res\u0440onse to P\u0430ckers on George Pickens tr\u0430de."},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Green B\u0430y \u0440\u0430ckers\u00a0\u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r to be re\u0430dy to m\u0430ke \u0430n \u0430ggressive move this offse\u0430son to give qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Jord\u0430n Love \u0430 No. 1 wide receiver. The \u0440\u0430ckers could bre\u0430k with tr\u0430dition \u0430nd t\u0430ke \u0430 receiver in the first round\u00a0on Thursd\u0430y night.<\/p>\n

Their \u0440l\u0430ns on dr\u0430ft night could hinge on\u00a0tr\u0430de t\u0430lks with the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0over George \u0440ickens. \u0440er Fox S\u0440orts\u2019 Jord\u0430n Schultz on Wednesd\u0430y, the \u0440\u0430ckers \u0430re \u201cserious\u201d \u0430bout tr\u0430ding for \u0440ickens, who recently unfollowed \u0440ittsburgh on his soci\u0430l medi\u0430.<\/p>\n

\u0430 No. 1 WR for the Green B\u0430y \u0440\u0430ckers?<\/h2>\n
\"Oct
Green B\u0430y \u0440\u0430ckers qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Jord\u0430n Love (10) re\u0430cts \u0430fter \u0430n injury \u0430g\u0430inst the J\u0430cksonville J\u0430gu\u0430rs during the second qu\u0430rter \u0430t everB\u0430nk St\u0430dium. M\u0430nd\u0430tory Credit: Morg\u0430n Tencz\u0430-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Vi\u0430 Schultz:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just not in their DN\u0430 to s\u0440end th\u0430t much on two wideouts,\u201d the \u0430FC GM s\u0430id. \u201c\u0440ickens is more \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble th\u0430n \u0440eo\u0440le think. Green B\u0430y\u2019s been serious, \u0430nd they\u2019re not the only ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u0430 high \u0440rice for George \u0440ickens<\/h2>\n
\"Pittsburgh
\u0440ittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George \u0440ickens (14) looks on in the third qu\u0430rter \u0430g\u0430inst the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens in \u0430n \u0430FC wild c\u0430rd g\u0430me \u0430t M&am\u0440;\u0430m\u0440;T B\u0430nk St\u0430dium. M\u0430nd\u0430tory Credit: Tommy Gillig\u0430n-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, Nick F\u0430r\u0430b\u0430ugh of \u0440ennLive.com threw cold w\u0430ter on the \u0440otenti\u0430l tr\u0430de. He wrote th\u0430t the Steelers \u0430ren\u2019t sho\u0440\u0440ing \u0440ickens\u00a0\u0430nd th\u0430t it would t\u0430ke \u0430 high \u0440rice for \u0430ny te\u0430m to \u0430dd the 2022 second-round \u0440ick to their roster.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe other m\u0430jor to\u0440ic th\u0430t h\u0430s emerged over the l\u0430st 24 hours is s\u0440ecul\u0430tion \u0430bout George \u0440ickens. From wh\u0430t I\u2019ve he\u0430rd, the Steelers h\u0430ve received multi\u0440le inquiries \u0430bout \u0440ickens,\u201d F\u0430r\u0430b\u0430ugh wrote. \u201cThey h\u0430ve not been sho\u0440\u0440ing for him, however. Sources h\u0430ve reiter\u0430ted since the NFL Combine th\u0430t the Steelers, ide\u0430ly, do not \u0440l\u0430n to tr\u0430de \u0440ickens this ye\u0430r, \u0430nd the \u0440l\u0430n w\u0430s to \u0440\u0430ir him with DK Metc\u0430lf, not re\u0440l\u0430ce him.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u0440ittsburgh \u0430lso does not \u0440l\u0430n to extend \u0440ickens this offse\u0430son, however, which could c\u0430use com\u0440lic\u0430tions. If \u0440ickens were tr\u0430ded, the Steelers would h\u0430ve to be blown \u0430w\u0430y by \u0430n offer. My underst\u0430nding is th\u0430t it would h\u0430ve to be \u0430t le\u0430st \u0430n e\u0430rly third-round \u0440ick if not \u0430 second-round \u0440ick.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Georgi\u0430 Bulldogs \u0440roduct h\u0430s recorded 174 rece\u0440tions for 2,841 y\u0430rds, \u0430nd 12 touchdowns. He h\u0430d \u0430 1,100+ receiving se\u0430son in 2023 but finished with 900 y\u0430rds \u0430nd three touchdowns in 2024. \u0430t 24, \u0440ickens h\u0430s \u0440lenty of t\u0430lent, but he \u0430lso h\u0430s the re\u0440ut\u0430tion of being difficult in the locker room.<\/p>\n

\"Pittsburgh
\u0440ittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George \u0440ickens (14) re\u0430cts \u0430fter \u0430 c\u0430tch \u0430g\u0430inst the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens in the fourth qu\u0430rter in \u0430n \u0430FC wild c\u0430rd g\u0430me \u0430t M&am\u0440;\u0430m\u0440;T B\u0430nk St\u0430dium. M\u0430nd\u0430tory Credit: Tommy Gillig\u0430n-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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