It’s a good year to be a Pittsburgh Steelers’ high draft pick. First the praise fell on second round wide receiver George Pickens. By camp’s end, attention shifted to first rounder quarterback Kenny Pickett. Both grabbing headlines for all the right reasons. Pro Football Focus named them among the summer’s biggest winners. PFF outlined a winners/losers list for the preseason with writer Sam Monson including Pickens and Pickett on the list. He wrote:
“Pickett has demonstrated he can speed up his process at the NFL level. After taking an average of 3.2 seconds to throw last season in college, he is down to just 2.