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Every NFL team’s receiving leader from the 2023 regular season

Each team’s leader in receiving yards from 2023

Look, we know the Carolina Panthers had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year—particularly on offense. But fair is fair, and we already gave you passing and rushing leaders.

So, let’s finish it out and run through each team’s leader in receiving yards from the 2023 regular season.

Steelers 2024 offseason – Wide receivers

Here are the wide receivers currently on the Steelers roster.

Here is a quick look at all the wide receivers the Pittsburgh Steelers have on the current roster heading into the offseason. Once the Steelers passing offense got going late in the season, George Pickens and Diontae Johnson really produced but the Steelers got very little from any other receivers on the team. The only free-agent receiver the Steelers have to contend with from this list is Miles Boykin.

Steelers final 2024 stats – Offense

The Steelers defensive grades were dominated by its edge rushers.

The Pittsburgh Steelers offense struggled for much of the 2023 season. Why did it struggle? That is a point of debate but it’s safe to say it was a combination of factors that led to the problems. Here’s how the offensive stars finished.

Former Steelers WR Antonio Brown endorses Mason Rudolph as starting quarterback

Mason Rudolph has lots of fans among Steelers receivers.

It seems that every Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver past and present are chiming in about the Steelers quarterback situation. We’ve already heard Diontae Johnson endorse Mason Rudolph to be the starter next year, George Pickens called Rudolph the GOAT and now former Steeler Antonio Brown joined the party.

Brown went on Twitter and gave fans a shot to ask him some questions and one was a two-parter. First, who would he have start at quarterback and how many times would he target Pickens? Brown was definitive in naming Rudolph as the starter and said Pickens should see 16 targets per game.

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has already said he wants the team to re-sign Rudolph and had nothing but positive things to say about his play at the end of the season. Rudolph should have some options in free agency and without assurances he will be the starter in Pittsburgh in 2024, he might move on for a better opportunity.

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Steelers WR George Pickens calls Mason Rudolph the GOAT

Both Steelers top WR endorse Mason Rudolph for starting quarterback.

The Pittsburgh Steelers passing offense looked stuck in neutral for most of the 2023 season until Mason Rudolph took over the starting quarterback job the final three games of the season. Rudolph played with a confidence we hadn’t seen since Ben Roethlisberger ran the offense and the entire offense was better.

We already talked about wide receiver Diontae Johnson endorsing Rudolph to be the starting quarterback next season despite Rudolph being set to hit free agency. Now it’s fellow wide receiver George Pickens giving props to Rudolph.

Pickens responded to an Instagram post that Rudolph made about how thankful he was to have had the opportunity to play for the Steelers this season and recognized his teammates. To which Pickens let the goat emoji. Five of them actually.

That’s both of the Steelers starting wide receivers essentially endorsing a return of Rudolph so he can take over the offense. This could really put some pressure on head coach Mike Tomlin and the front office to get Rudolph a new contract. But what does Kenny Pickett think of both his top pass catchers siding with the guy who replaced him?

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Everyone crushed Bills fans for throwing snowballs at George Pickens during a TD catch attempt

What a classless move by Bills fans.

We were all well aware of the massive blizzard that leveled Western New York over the weekend. We probably should’ve been prepared for Buffalo Bills fans to take advantage of that fact a little too much once their team actually squared off with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

As Pittsburgh tried (and failed) to mount a late-game rally, Mason Rudolph launched a moon ball to George Pickens in the end zone. Just before he braced himself for the catch, a video showed snowballs thrown in Pickens’ direction, seemingly trying to interfere with his catch.

Pickens didn’t make the play anyway, but this sequence was Bills fans absolutely stepping over the line:

The Bills already have a fantastic home-field advantage. Traveling to Buffalo in the middle of winter, especially after a giant snowstorm, is hard enough for any opposing team. There’s no place in the game for fans to make contact with players by actually throwing objects on the field in the middle of play.

It’s bush league, and it’s completely uncalled for.

Steelers vs Seahawks: 3 keys to victory this week

The Steelers must play up to help out Mason Rudolph and the defensive backups need to play big again.

This week the Pittsburgh Steelers head out West to take on a Seattle Seahawks with as much to play for as Pittsburgh. The Seahawks have been inconsistent on both sides of the football and the same can be said for the Steelers. Pittsburgh needs to play as well as they did last week against the Cincinnati Bengals and here are the keys to victory.

Steelers WR George Pickens fined for taunting vs Bengals

George Pickens drew a big fine for a small play in last week’s game.

Last week Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens had his best game as a professional and was living his best life on the field. According to the NFL, he was living a little too good as they handed down a big fine to Pickens for a taunt during one of his two long touchdowns.

Pickens caught touchdowns of 86 and 66 yards on Saturday against the Cincinnati Bengals. On the 66-yarder, Pickens turned back to stare down the Cincinnati defense the last three yards of his run and it cost him $16,391 for it.

This week Pickens and the rest of the Steelers hope to see more of him celebrating huge touchdowns as the Steelers take on the Seattle Seahawks in a must-win game. On the season, Pickens has 56 catches for 1,0009 receiving yards and four receiving touchdowns. Pickens also has one rushing touchdown.

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Steelers’ George Pickens fined by NFL for actions vs. Bengals

Steelers WR George Pickens picked up a fine from the NFL due to what he did vs. Bengals.

The Cincinnati Bengals didn’t have any players fined coming out of last week’s loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

But the same can’t be said for those Steelers.

Per the NFL’s accountability page, Steelers wideout George Pickens received a $16,391 fine letter from the NFL this week pertaining to an unsportsmanlike conduct infraction.

The fine stems from his waving at Bengals defenders as he scored during the 34-11 blowout, though officials on the field didn’t flag the play.

Of course, Pickens and the Steelers probably don’t care all that much considering he put up 195 yards and two scores on just four catches while righting a controversial ship and harming Cincinnati’s slim playoff hopes.

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