Recent Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin comment that free agent Mitchell Trubisky, career reserve Mason Rudolph and first-round draft pick Kenny Pickett had “made it difficult” for the staff to pick a starting quarterback.
However, it was report that Trubisky is a very favorite candidate stay at the top of the depth chart until the beginning of the regular season. It was also speak Pickett “just isn’t ready” and “may not be ready to play show.” This has fans understandably worried as the Steelers drafted Pickett in 20th place overall this spring.
Former NFL signal caller Ryan Leaf knows a thing or two about how teams will reach out to grab someone at the sport’s most important spot. After the Indianapolis Colts first landed at the Hall-of-Famer Peyton Manning in the 1998 draft, the then-San Diego Chargers acquired Leaf with pick #2. Leaf famously crashed and burned during the tournament. and was also dealt with countless on issues outside the field, but since then he has become a respected analyst who, among other things, guest-hosts the “Rich Eisen Show”.
Every Alex Kozora of Steelers Depot, Leaf took Eisen’s seat for Wednesday’s show and offered to take on Pittsburgh’s rookie quarterback.
“After seeing how Pickett has progressed so far in camp and sitting in the the third position right now in the original depth chart, you might think for a bit that they might have found Pickett,” Leaf explained.
After Pickett, no midfielder is editor until the Atlanta Falcons picked the Cincinnati Bearcats’ Desmond Ridder in the third round with 74th place overall.
“They could have put him in the second round,” Leaf continued about Pickett and the Steelers.
While Leaf’s comments are justified at this point in the process, Steelers fans shouldn’t be flirting with panic about Pickett until they see the 24-year-old in action against the defence. live this month.
