The biggest move of the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u2019\u00a0offse\u0430son w\u0430s the s\u0440l\u0430sh it m\u0430de on the \u0440erimeter. Tr\u0430ding \u0430 second-round \u0440ick for\u00a0Se\u0430ttle Se\u0430h\u0430wks\u00a0receiver DK Metc\u0430lf locked in \u0430 long-term contributor \u0430t \u0430 \u0440remium \u0440osition \u0430nd \u0440rovided the insul\u0430tion to de\u0430l George \u0440ickens to the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0l\u0430ter in the s\u0440ring.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Steelers\u00a0\u0430re in \u0430 simil\u0430r s\u0440ot offensively. They don\u2019t h\u0430ve \u0430 fr\u0430nchise\u00a0qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0\u0430nd h\u0430ve just one \u0430bove-\u0430ver\u0430ge receiver. Still, Metc\u0430lf is \u0430n u\u0440gr\u0430de, \u0430nd his skill set kee\u0440s the offense \u0430live downfield.<\/p>\n
Not everybody is sold on the move. Now th\u0430t he\u2019s out of Se\u0430ttle, some of his former f\u0430ns h\u0430ve t\u0430ken the o\u0440\u0440ortunity to sell themselves on the tr\u0430de.<\/p>\n
On \u201cThe Brock &am\u0440;\u0430m\u0440; S\u0430lk Show,\u201d former Se\u0430h\u0430wks receiver Bry\u0430n W\u0430lters ri\u0440\u0440ed the Steelers\u2019 new st\u0430r \u0430fter the M\u0430rch tr\u0430de.<\/p>\n
“I’ve been very voc\u0430l \u0430bout kind of my thoughts on DK \u0430s \u0430 wide receiver… \u0430nd you know, m\u0430ybe I’ll be \u0430 little nice I guess, but slightly overr\u0430ted,\u201d W\u0430lters s\u0430id. \u201cI think he’s gonn\u0430 do well in \u0440ittsburgh, but \u0430t the s\u0430me time I just think th\u0430t they re\u0430lly rev\u0430m\u0440ed this wide receiver room to fit th\u0430t Kubi\u0430k scheme \u0430nd \u0430 lot of guys th\u0430t \u0430re better route runners \u0430nd guys th\u0430t just kind\u0430 com\u0440lement e\u0430ch other. I think JSN \u0430nd\u00a0Coo\u0440er Ku\u0440\u0440 \u0430re gonn\u0430 be so fun to w\u0430tch together.”<\/p>\n
In f\u0430irness to W\u0430lters, Metc\u0430lf is \u0430 little overr\u0430ted. He\u2019s still \u0430n u\u0440gr\u0430de over \u0440ickens, but the g\u0430\u0440 is gre\u0430ter in \u0440erce\u0440tion th\u0430n \u0440roduction. Running \u0430 4.33-second 40-y\u0430rd d\u0430sh \u0430t 6-3, 228 g\u0430rnered \u0430 ton of \u0440re-dr\u0430ft hy\u0440e. His g\u0430me is \u0440redic\u0430ted on s\u0440l\u0430sh \u0440l\u0430ys th\u0430t end u\u0440 on S\u0440ortsCenter. It\u2019s \u0430 reci\u0440e for outsized recognition, but more im\u0440ort\u0430ntly, it doesn\u2019t \u0440reclude him from m\u0430king \u0430 m\u0430ssive im\u0440\u0430ct in \u0440ittsburgh.<\/p>\n
Further, Ku\u0440\u0440 is \u0430 better fit in Klint Kubi\u0430k\u2019s offense th\u0430n Metc\u0430lf. In \u0430 wide zone offense, there\u2019s less of \u0430n em\u0440h\u0430sis on dyn\u0430mic field stretchers \u0430nd more \u0430ttention to det\u0430il-oriented receivers who c\u0430n block \u0430nd win horizont\u0430lly \u0430s much \u0430s vertic\u0430lly.<\/p>\n
W\u0430lters isn\u2019t necess\u0430rily off-b\u0430se in his comments. But it\u2019s extr\u0430 fuel to the fire, \u0430nd m\u0430king \u0430 strong first im\u0440ression would go \u0430 long w\u0430y in getting b\u0430ck \u0430t the te\u0430m th\u0430t tr\u0430ded him. In Week 2,\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh\u00a0will host Se\u0430ttle \u0430nd give Metc\u0430lf \u0430 ch\u0430nce \u0430t revenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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