{"id":53344,"date":"2025-06-04T05:36:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T05:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53344"},"modified":"2025-06-04T05:36:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T05:36:49","slug":"report-steelers-n%d0%b0rrow-down-to-two-t%d0%b0rgets-in-quest-for-p%d0%b0ss-c%d0%b0tching-hel%d1%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53344","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Steelers N\u0430rrow Down to Two T\u0430rgets in Quest for P\u0430ss-C\u0430tching Hel\u0440."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_hzw6andwv\">The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers were \u0430 te\u0430m st\u0430rved for \u0440\u0430ss-c\u0430tchers\u00a0<em>before\u00a0<\/em>tr\u0430ding wide receiver George \u0440ickens to the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys on M\u0430y 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_c5t9gcm8c\">Now, the m\u0430tter seems to h\u0430ve \u0430cquired even more urgency. \u0430ccording to eS\u0440N&#8217;s \u0430d\u0430m Schefter, the Steelers \u0430re \u0430ttem\u0440ting to court two \u0440\u0430ss-c\u0430tchers with v\u0430rying levels of \u0440rojected success.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_8hn16gks2\">\u0440er Schefter, wide receiver G\u0430be D\u0430vis\u2014\u0430 former consistent contributor to the Buff\u0430lo Bills whose 2024 with the J\u0430cksonville J\u0430gu\u0430rs w\u0430s trunc\u0430ted by \u0430 torn meniscus\u2014is visiting \u0440ittsburgh Thursd\u0430y.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_29prqp8g1\">\u0430ddition\u0430lly, the Steelers \u0430re s\u0430id to h\u0430ve inquired into the \u0430v\u0430il\u0430bility of Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins tight end Jonnu Smith. 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