Mitch Trubisky has certainly been around the league long enough to know how the business works. What he didn’t expect, though, was when the Pittsburgh Steelers asked him to do something weird after the franchise drafted Kenny Pickett in 2022.
After being selected with the second-overall pick in 2017 by the Chicago Bears, Trubisky spent one season playing backup to Josh Allen in 2021. The following year, the quarterback signed a two-year contract with the Steelers, which was the same season Pickett was drafted by the team.
During that time, Trubisky thought Pittsburgh was giving him an opportunity to get the starting quarterback role and revive his career in the process. This was the period when the Steelers only had Mason Rudolph and DeWayne Haskins to count on when it came to the said position.
That expectation died quickly after Pittsburgh went ahead and selected Pickett in the 2022 NFL Draft. What came next was a surprise to Trubisky.
Pittsburgh Steelers’ Awkward Request to Mitch Trubisky After Selecting Kenny Pickett in the 2022 Draft
After the Steelers picked Pickett, Trubusky received a text message asking him to do something he never expected. Gerry Dulac explains more in his article for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette:
“Trubisky never stood a chance with the Steelers. Six weeks after he was signed to a two-year, $14.3 million contract in free agency in March 2022, the Steelers took Pickett with their No. 1 pick in the draft. That night, Trubisky was a little surprised by a text message that, among other things, asked him to text and congratulate the newest Steelers quarterback. No wonder he played as though he was always looking over his shoulder after that,” Gerry Dulac wrote.
To say that the Steelers’ request was demeaning is definitely an understatement for Trubisky. That won’t be an issue anymore after Pittsburgh released him, and the quarterback is out there hunting for a new team to play for.
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