Despite being drafted by the team that was literally right next door throughout his five seasons at the University of Pittsburgh as its starting quarterback, Bleacher Report’s Gary Davenport incredulously believes that new Pittsburgh Steelers’ starting quarterback Kenny Pickett was drafted by the wrong team in the 2022 NFL Draft.
Pickett, of course, came off the board at No. 20 overall as the top quarterback on the Steelers’ board, meaning he joins a quarterback room featuring veteran free agent signee Mitch Trubisky and fifth-year Steelers’ backup quarterback Mason Rudolph.
After five seasons in the Steel City as the star of the Panthers’ resurgence under head coach Pat Narduzzi, Pickett’s transition from the blue and gold to the black and gold should be a relatively seamless one, many believe.