The 2023 season was disastrous for Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett, his second season with the Black and Gold.
Pickett struggled with accuracy, wasn’t all that aggressive pushing the ball down the field and really seemed to handicap the Steelers’ passing game overall. Injuries were an issue for Pickett, too, as his pocket presence was a mess, leading to him taking some bad hits in the pocket and even scrambling into sacks.
When he suffered a serious ankle injury in Week 13 against the Arizona Cardinals that needed tightrope surgery to speed up the recovery process, Pickett found himself on the bench.