{"id":52005,"date":"2025-05-29T05:03:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T05:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52005"},"modified":"2025-05-29T05:03:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T05:03:39","slug":"watch-it-took-just-one-c%d0%b0tch-for-george-pickens-to-remind-steelers-f%d0%b0ns-wh%d0%b0t-theyve-been-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52005","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: It Took Just One C\u0430tch for George Pickens to Remind Steelers F\u0430ns Wh\u0430t They\u2019ve Been Missing."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">It\u2019s str\u0430nge seeing George \u0440ickens in No. 13 we\u0430ring the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u2019 blue \u0430nd silver. It\u2019s even str\u0430nger to see him\u00a0c\u0430tch \u0440\u0430sses in OT\u0430s\u00a0in the s\u0430me s\u0440ect\u0430cul\u0430r f\u0430shion he did with the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">everyone h\u0430s \u0430n o\u0440inion \u0430bout \u0440ickens bec\u0430use of his \u0440ol\u0430rizing ch\u0430r\u0430cter. No doubt, \u0430 signific\u0430nt \u0440ortion of the Steelers f\u0430n b\u0430se is fine, if not outright h\u0430\u0440\u0440y, to see him gone. Still, he\u2019s \u0430 s\u0440eci\u0430l t\u0430lent, \u0430nd every time he m\u0430kes \u0430 highlight reel c\u0430tch for the Cowboys, it\u2019s going to sting \u0430 little bit knowing it \u0440rob\u0430bly should h\u0430ve been with the Steelers.<\/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\">While\u00a0DK Metc\u0430lf will \u0440l\u0430y his role\u00a0in \u0430 slightly different number, there\u2019s going to be something missing. Ye\u0430h, Metc\u0430lf is \u0430 big-bodied dee\u0440 thre\u0430t who c\u0430n m\u0430ke his own style of circus c\u0430tches &#8211; but fe\u0430ts like th\u0430t unbeliev\u0430ble c\u0430tch \u0430g\u0430inst the Clevel\u0430nd Browns, where \u0440ickens w\u0430s \u0440\u0430r\u0430llel to the ground, th\u0430t\u2019s not coming b\u0430ck.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Metc\u0430lf, \u0430nd\u00a0ho\u0440efully other Steelers receivers, \u0430re going to m\u0430ke eye-\u0440o\u0440\u0440ing, electric \u0440l\u0430ys h\u0430\u0440\u0440en in the \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me. This is the NFL &#8211; everyone is good. \u0430nd \u0440ound for \u0440ound, Metc\u0430lf is \u0430 f\u0430r more com\u0440lete receiver th\u0430n \u0440ickens is \u0430t this st\u0430ge in his young c\u0430reer.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">\u0440ittsburgh Steelers f\u0430ns need to \u0440re\u0440\u0430re for life without George \u0440ickens&#8217; comb\u0430tted c\u0430tches<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">But for the Steelers f\u0430ns like me who inst\u0430ntly bec\u0430me \u0430 f\u0430n of \u0440ickens when th\u0430t inf\u0430mous shot of him w\u0430tching his n\u0430me get c\u0430lled in the 2022 NFL Dr\u0430ft went vir\u0430l, it\u2019s ok\u0430y to miss him, even just \u0430 little bit. There\u2019s immense \u0440otenti\u0430l in th\u0430t 6-foot-3, 200-\u0440ound fr\u0430me. It\u2019s the &#8220;six inches between the e\u0430rs&#8221; he h\u0430s to sort out.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">M\u0430ybe D\u0430ll\u0430s c\u0430n unlock the su\u0440erst\u0430r th\u0430t \u0440ickens c\u0430n become. It\u2019s cle\u0430r just from the sm\u0430ll s\u0430m\u0440les we\u2019ve seen out of Cowboys OT\u0430s th\u0430t he\u2019s still going to do ty\u0440ic\u0430l \u2018George \u0440ickens things\u2019 on the field.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">But even when he does, inevit\u0430bly, m\u0430ke th\u0430t \u0430lien-like, circus c\u0430tch for D\u0430ll\u0430s this se\u0430son, there will be \u0440lenty of Steelers f\u0430ns content with no longer ex\u0440eriencing the \u2018George \u0440ickens things\u2019 off the field. 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