The Pittsburgh Steelers took their big swing at the quarterback position in 2022, just after Ben Roethlisberger retired, in what was regarded as one of the weakest quarterback classes in decades. That they took the first quarterback off the board 20th overall, and that another wasn’t taken until the third round, speaks volumes about how the league viewed the class.
With as many as four quarterbacks expected to go inside the top 10 in this year’s draft class, it has sparked debate about where the Steelers’ pick, Kenny Pickett, would fit in 2022 among the latest quarterback crop.