Kenny Pickett is the only Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback at the moment who has a 2024 contract, leaving him without competition for the QB1 role — for now. That is not ideal for the Steelers, who had Mitchell Trubisky challenging him for the job in the last two offseasons. While the Steelers would want Pickett to be sharpened via a QB competition, they also need to do it without giving the impression that they are indeed serious about moving on from him as a starter.
Via Brooke Pryor of ESPN:
The Steelers manufactured a training camp quarterback competition between Trubisky and Pickett in 2022, but Trubisky was almost certainly on a trajectory to be the Week 1 starter throughout camp. The Steelers firmly believe competition brings out Pickett’s best intangible qualities, but they have to walk a fine line of giving him competition, while also expressing confidence in him to be their future.
What Now For Pittsburgh Steelers QB Kenny Pickett?
As much as the Pittsburgh Steelers want to make Pickett feel secure about his short-term future as a starter, that’s not what the message they sent to him when they opted to go with Mason Rudolph over the former Pittsburgh Panthers star in the last playoffs. Sure, they wanted to go with the hot hand but they likely would not have done that to someone like a Joe Burrow or a Justin Herbert.
The rumors linking Justin Fields to the Steelers are not also helping the confidence of Pickett, who signed a four-year deal with Pittsburgh in 2022 after he got selected by the AFC North franchise in the first round (20th overall) of that same year’s NFL Draft.
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