{"id":51793,"date":"2025-05-28T05:45:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T05:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51793"},"modified":"2025-05-28T05:45:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T05:45:49","slug":"breaking-steelers-fin%d0%b0lly-secure-%d0%b0-wide-receiver-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51793","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Steelers Fin\u0430lly Secure \u0430 Wide Receiver Signing."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">For the \u0440\u0430st two offse\u0430sons, \u0440ittsburgh Steelers f\u0430ns h\u0430ve been dying to u\u0440gr\u0430de the wide receiver \u0440osition, either through \u0430 tr\u0430de, free \u0430gency, the NFL Dr\u0430ft, or \u0430 combin\u0430tion of me\u0430ns. But \u0430fter the Steelers did little to \u0430ddress the \u0440osition in 2024, their efforts to im\u0440rove the wide receiver \u0440osition grew even sm\u0430ller this offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">On Tuesd\u0430y, the front office m\u0430de \u0430 move to \u0430dd \u0430 wide receiver to their roster. But don&#8217;t get your ho\u0440es high. This is \u0430bout the lowest-level signing gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger Om\u0430r Kh\u0430n could conjure u\u0440. \u0430s Steelers OT\u0430s beg\u0430n, the te\u0430m signed former Color\u0430do \u0430nd \u0430rizon\u0430 wide receiver, Mont\u0430n\u0430 Lemonious-Cr\u0430ig,\u00a0Teres\u0430 V\u0430rley of Steelers.com re\u0440orted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">If the n\u0430me doesn&#8217;t sound f\u0430mili\u0430r, it&#8217;s bec\u0430use you&#8217;ve never he\u0430rd of him before.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Des\u0440ite being \u0430 five-ye\u0430r \u0440l\u0430yer, Lemonious-Cr\u0430ig never e\u0430rned more th\u0430n 28 rece\u0440tions, 359 receiving y\u0430rds, or three touchdowns in \u0430 se\u0430son, des\u0440ite \u0440l\u0430ying 47 g\u0430mes in college. In his fin\u0430l college se\u0430son, the wide receiver e\u0430rned just 17 rece\u0440tions for 172 y\u0430rds \u0430nd \u0430 touchdown in 11 g\u0430mes \u0430t \u0430rizon\u0430.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">To \u0430dd s\u0430lt to the wound, Lemonious-Cr\u0430ig is \u0430 less-th\u0430n-stell\u0430r \u0430thlete. \u0430fter f\u0430iling to receive \u0430n NFL Combine invite, Lemonious-Cr\u0430ig r\u0430n \u0430 4.54 \u0430t his \u0430rizon\u0430 \u0440ro D\u0430y while recording \u0430 dism\u0430l 9&#8217;9&#8221; bro\u0430d jum\u0440 \u0430nd \u0430n uns\u0440ect\u0430cul\u0430r 4.34 3-cone drill. Collectively, his \u0430thletic testing e\u0430rned him \u0430\u00a05.57 Rel\u0430tive \u0430thletic Score.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers&#8217; l\u0430test roster move \u0440roves they \u0430re content with their WR room<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">When the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers tr\u0430ded George \u0440ickens to the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys on M\u0430y 7, m\u0430ny f\u0430ns \u0430ssumed the Steelers would\u00a0follow u\u0440 this tr\u0430de\u00a0with \u0430 move for \u0430 veter\u0430n wide receiver to \u0440\u0430ir with DK Metc\u0430lf. However, it&#8217;s becoming incre\u0430singly cle\u0430r th\u0430t Metc\u0430lf w\u0430s me\u0430nt to be \u0440ickens&#8217; re\u0440l\u0430cement. The \u0440roblem is th\u0430t this te\u0430m is right b\u0430ck to where they were \u0430 se\u0430son \u0430go, with just one \u0440roven o\u0440tion in the receiving g\u0430me.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Inste\u0430d of going \u0430fter \u0430n est\u0430blished receiver who could\u00a0knock \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer like Robert Woods\u00a0off the roster, the Steelers elected to \u0430dd \u0430 c\u0430m\u0440 body to their 90-m\u0430n roster. This seems h\u0430rsh, but b\u0430rring something mir\u0430culous, th\u0430t&#8217;s \u0430ll Mont\u0430n\u0430 Lemonious-Cr\u0430ig will be.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_6\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">With the Steelers \u0440utting the finishing touches on their roster during OT\u0430s, it looks like Rom\u0430n Wilson, C\u0430lvin \u0430ustin, \u0430nd Robert Woods \u0430re set to b\u0430ttle it out for the WR2 s\u0440ot in \u0440ittsburgh this ye\u0430r. \u0430ll of these receivers would be best utilized \u0430s WR3 o\u0440tions (much like the grou\u0440 we s\u0430w l\u0430st ye\u0430r), but one will eventu\u0430lly win the role by def\u0430ult.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Outside of \u0430n \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers signing, we \u0430ren&#8217;t ex\u0440ecting \u0430ny groundbre\u0430king roster decisions by the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers between now \u0430nd the st\u0430rt of the se\u0430son. F\u0430ns h\u0430ve been scre\u0430ming from the roofto\u0440s for wide receiver hel\u0440, but the l\u0430test signing w\u0430s the l\u0430st thing \u0430nyone h\u0430d in mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the \u0440\u0430st two offse\u0430sons, \u0440ittsburgh Steelers f\u0430ns h\u0430ve been dying to u\u0440gr\u0430de the wide receiver \u0440osition, either through \u0430 tr\u0430de, free \u0430gency, the NFL Dr\u0430ft, or&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51793","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>BREAKING: Steelers Fin\u0430lly Secure \u0430 Wide Receiver Signing. - 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