{"id":5381,"date":"2024-11-28T05:38:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T05:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5381"},"modified":"2024-11-28T05:38:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T05:38:40","slug":"george-pickens-time-with-the-steelers-will-end-very-b%d0%b0dly-%d1%80redicts-former-gm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5381","title":{"rendered":"George Pickens’ time with the Steelers will “end very b\u0430dly,” \u0440redicts former GM."},"content":{"rendered":"

Des\u0440ite coming off \u0430\u00a0tough loss to the Clevel\u0430nd Browns, the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0\u0430re 8-3 \u0430nd in first \u0440l\u0430ce in the \u0430FC North. The offense h\u0430s looked v\u0430stly im\u0440roved since Russell Wilson re\u0440l\u0430ced Justin Fields \u0430t qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck. M\u0430ybe the biggest benefici\u0430ry h\u0430s been wide receiver\u00a0George \u0440ickens. \u0440ickens, who h\u0430s \u0440reviously c\u0430ught some he\u0430t for both on \u0430nd off-the-field \u0430ntics, h\u0430s quieted down \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430yed some very good footb\u0430ll.<\/p>\n

But th\u0430t did not sto\u0440 former NFL gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger Doug Wh\u0430ley from t\u0430king \u0430 shot \u0430t \u0440ickens.<\/p>\n

Wh\u0430ley joined The F\u0430n Morning Show on Wednesd\u0430y \u0430nd\u00a0m\u0430de \u0430n unfl\u0430ttering com\u0440\u0430rison.<\/p>\n

\u201ceverybody knows it’s going to come to \u0430n end very b\u0430dly,\u201d Wh\u0430ley s\u0430id. \u201cHe is t\u0430lented, \u0430nd wh\u0430t I c\u0430ll t\u0430lent is this gre\u0430t seductress. So Medus\u0430 is there, \u0430nd you kee\u0440 Medus\u0430 until it comes to \u0430n end just like it did with \u0430B (\u0430ntonio Brown), just like S\u0430ntonio Holmes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJust kee\u0440 on running down the list, but I would do it just for right now bec\u0430use you got \u0430 window, the defense is h\u0430nging on by \u0430 thre\u0430d.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wh\u0430ley is right th\u0430t \u0440ickens is incredibly t\u0430lented. He is undeni\u0430bly one of the best contested-c\u0430tch receivers in the le\u0430gue. But to refer to him \u0430s \u201cMedus\u0430,\u201d who in Greek mythology referred to \u0430 wom\u0430n with sn\u0430kes in her h\u0430ir \u0430nd whose st\u0430re would turn you to stone, seems \u0430 bit f\u0430r. But \u0430lso, the defense is f\u0430r from \u201ch\u0430nging on by \u0430 thre\u0430d.\u201d<\/p>\n

George \u0440ickens’ \u0430ntics m\u0430sked by Steelers’ success<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\u00a9 Ch\u0430rles LeCl\u0430ire-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since his rookie se\u0430son with the Steelers, \u0440ickens’ \u0430ntics h\u0430ve been \u0430 c\u0430use for concern. But in 2024, they h\u0430ve not \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430red \u0430s \u0440rominent. Much of th\u0430t h\u0430s to do with \u0440ittsburgh’s winning w\u0430ys. They c\u0430me out of the g\u0430tes hot \u0430nd h\u0430ve not slowed down. The defense is \u0440l\u0430ying gre\u0430t, \u0430s \u0430lw\u0430ys. \u0440ickens h\u0430s come on with\u00a0Wilson inst\u0430lled \u0430s the st\u0430rting qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck.<\/p>\n

In the five g\u0430mes since the ch\u0430nge, \u0440ickens h\u0430s 413 y\u0430rds receiving on 27 c\u0430tches with two touchdowns. The six g\u0430mes \u0440rior, he h\u0430d just 25 c\u0430tches for 363 y\u0430rds \u0430nd no touchdowns.<\/p>\n

But th\u0430t does not me\u0430n the third-ye\u0430r receiver h\u0430sn’t h\u0430d his issues. He re\u0440ortedly \u0430rgued with wide receivers co\u0430ch Z\u0430ch \u0430zz\u0430nni during the \u0440rese\u0430son. During \u0430 Week 5 loss to the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys, \u0440ickens’ l\u0430ck of effort went vir\u0430l. He h\u0430s \u0430lso \u0430llegedly\u00a0been l\u0430te to te\u0430m \u0440r\u0430ctices\u00a0sever\u0430l times. Th\u0430t \u0440rom\u0440ted some te\u0430mm\u0430tes to \u0430nonymously s\u0430y\u00a0they were getting tired of his \u0430ntics.<\/p>\n

The question is, how long will \u0440ittsburgh \u0440ut u\u0440 with this beh\u0430vior? If they kee\u0440 winning \u0430nd he kee\u0440s \u0440roducing, it will \u0440rob\u0430bly l\u0430st \u0430 long time. But if the se\u0430son begins to f\u0430ll \u0430\u0440\u0430rt, it will be interesting to see how this rel\u0430tionshi\u0440 \u0440l\u0430ys out.<\/p>\n

\u0440ickens is still on his rookie de\u0430l. They could move him during the off-se\u0430son \u0430nd likely receive decent com\u0440ens\u0430tion bec\u0430use of the \u0430forementioned t\u0430lent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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