Can you believe that just four years ago the San Francisco 49ers were in the Super Bowl—with Jimmy Garoppolo at quarterback? A few quarterbacks later, they are now onto Brock Purdy and have the same ambitions for this upcoming season after reaching the conference finals with the third-string, seventh-round rookie a year ago.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have their own second-year quarterback for whom they have big plans as well, of course, in Kenny Pickett. And they showed a lot of potential with the growth they have made this offseason, which has gotten opponents like the San Francisco 49ers’ Fred Warner to take notice—even seeing comparisons between this Steelers team and the 2019 49ers.