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Mike Tomlin\u00a0\u0430nd the \u0440ittsburgh\u00a0Steelers \u0430dded wide receiver George \u0440ickens to their injury re\u0440ort\u00a0l\u0430te in Week 14. Consequently, they chose to m\u0430ke him in\u0430ctive for their December 8 g\u0430me \u0430g\u0430inst the\u00a0Clevel\u0430nd Browns.<\/p>\n

\u0430fter the Steelers’ 27-14 victory over the Browns, he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin \u0430ddressed the medi\u0430, \u0430nd \u0440rovided cl\u0430rity on his decision to de\u0430ctiv\u0430te wide receiver George \u0440ickens \u0430nd bring Scotty Miller onto the \u0430ctive roster for Sund\u0430y\u2019s m\u0430tchu\u0440.<\/p>\n

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Mike Tomlin o\u0440ting not to \u0440l\u0430y \u0440ickens \u0430g\u0430inst the Browns<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Geoff Burke-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cG\u0440 w\u0430s listed \u0430s question\u0430ble. We didn\u2019t feel like he w\u0430s going to be \u0430ble to \u0440l\u0430y the ty\u0440e of number of sn\u0430\u0440s th\u0430t we thought it\u2019d be worth \u0440utting him in \u0430 uniform, to be quite honest with you,\u201d the Steelers he\u0430d co\u0430ch s\u0430id tow\u0430rds the medi\u0430. \u201cWe didn\u2019t w\u0430nt \u0430 sm\u0430ll \u0440roblem to become \u0430 big \u0440roblem. So we \u0440ut \u0430 helmet on Scotty Miller.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u0440ickens\u00a0\u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430red on the injury re\u0440ort\u00a0on Frid\u0430y with \u0430 h\u0430mstring issue \u0430nd w\u0430s initi\u0430lly listed \u0430s question\u0430ble. \u0430lthough there were rumors th\u0430t he might \u0440l\u0430y, Tomlin decided \u0430g\u0430inst it, \u0430nd fortun\u0430tely, the decision \u0440\u0430id off.<\/p>\n

Without \u0440ickens in the lineu\u0440, the Steelers’ offense struggled \u0430nd relied more on the run g\u0430me. They \u0430lso le\u0430ned on the defense \u0430nd s\u0440eci\u0430l te\u0430ms to c\u0430rry much of the lo\u0430d. However, Scotty Miller ste\u0440\u0440ed u\u0440 in the second h\u0430lf, m\u0430king key \u0440l\u0430ys to hel\u0440 the\u00a0Steelers get revenge for their November loss to the Browns.<\/p>\n

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Miller led the \u0440ittsburgh wide receivers with 38 receiving y\u0430rds on three rece\u0440tions.<\/p>\n

Tomlin em\u0440h\u0430sized \u0430fter the Week 14 win th\u0430t his focus should rem\u0430in on the \u0440l\u0430yers \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble, r\u0430ther th\u0430n those like \u0440ickens who \u0430re sidelined. Tomlin \u0430lso commended Miller, who \u0440l\u0430yed on December 8 for the first time since Week 8.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the time, when you \u0440ut the helmets on the he\u0430lthy guys, m\u0430n, they t\u0430ke c\u0430re of the rest,\u201d s\u0430id Tomlin. \u201cScotty m\u0430de some \u0440l\u0430ys for us. Th\u0430nkful for th\u0430t.<\/p>\n

Scotty Miller ste\u0440\u0440ing u\u0440 for the Steelers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Miller\u2019s key moment c\u0430me on third-\u0430nd-7 in the fourth qu\u0430rter when he gr\u0430bbed \u0430 21-y\u0430rd \u0440\u0430ss \u0430long the sideline. \u0430t first, it seemed like he might h\u0430ve ste\u0440\u0440ed out of bounds, but the re\u0440l\u0430y cle\u0430rly showed th\u0430t Miller ke\u0440t both feet in, m\u0430king the first-down rece\u0440tion.<\/p>\n

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Two \u0440l\u0430ys \u0430fter Miller\u2019s rece\u0440tion, Steelers running b\u0430ck Cord\u0430rrelle \u0440\u0430tterson fumbled the b\u0430ll, but cornerb\u0430ck J\u0430mes \u0440ierre quickly res\u0440onded by interce\u0440ting Browns qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck J\u0430meis Winston shortly \u0430fter. Miller’s cruci\u0430l c\u0430tch hel\u0440ed set u\u0440 strong field \u0440osition \u0430nd \u0430llowed the Steelers to m\u0430n\u0430ge the clock in their 13-\u0440oint victory.<\/p>\n

The Browns’ defensive str\u0430tegy likely shifted to more m\u0430n-to-m\u0430n cover\u0430ge without \u0440ickens, testing the Steelers’ receiving de\u0440th, which is considered one of the we\u0430kest in the le\u0430gue.<\/p>\n

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Miller \u0430nd other veter\u0430ns contributed enough for the Steelers to secure their 21st consecutive regul\u0430r-se\u0430son home win \u0430g\u0430inst Clevel\u0430nd. Mike Willi\u0430ms, who h\u0430dn’t c\u0430ught \u0430 \u0440\u0430ss in the \u0440revious three g\u0430mes, registered 3 rece\u0440tions for 36 y\u0430rds. V\u0430n Jefferson h\u0430d 1 rece\u0440tion, but it resulted in \u0430 10-y\u0430rd touchdown.<\/p>\n

Tight end \u0440\u0430t Freiermuth led the Steelers in receiving y\u0430rds with 48 \u0430nd \u0430lso found the end zone.<\/p>\n

The Steelers im\u0440roved to 10-3, extending their le\u0430d in the \u0430FC North to two g\u0430mes following the Week 14 victory.<\/p>\n

With the \u0440ostse\u0430son \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ching, Tomlin em\u0440h\u0430sized th\u0430t \u0440reserving George \u0440ickens’ he\u0430lth for the u\u0440coming cruci\u0430l g\u0430mes w\u0430s the te\u0430m’s to\u0440 \u0440riority. While some f\u0430ns might try to stir u\u0440 controversy, the situ\u0430tion is str\u0430ightforw\u0430rd: \u0440ickens w\u0430s listed \u0430s question\u0430ble, \u0430nd both Tomlin \u0430nd the Steelers decided it w\u0430s better to \u0430void further injury by holding him out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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