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Mike Tomlin has words for QB Kenny Pickett

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The Pittsburgh Steelers had themselves a new starting quarterback in the form of 1st round draft pick Kenny Pickett, who took over from the struggling veteran Mitchell Trubisky earlier in the 2022 NFL season. 

And while it wasn’t completely smooth sailing, Pickett rebounded nicely in order to lead the Steelers on the verge of a postseason spot. Unfortunately, despite the winning record of 9-8, the Steelers would fall just short of qualifying for the postseason and had to watch from home. 

How does head coach Mike Tomlin feel about Pickett heading into his second season? He had nothing but good things to say about him. 

“I’m excited about Kenny individually in terms of the growth that he’s capable of making and, and what he’s willing to do to realize that,” Tomlin told ESPN’s Brooke Pryor on Sunday at the Annual League Meeting in Phoenix. “I think I’m probably more excited about that because I’ve just been around him intimately now for 12 months. There was some anticipation things because of the close proximity that we’ve all talked about quite a bit, but the reality of having worked with him for 12 months, it’s just more evidence of what we should be excited about — his willingness to work, his professional approach, his maturity in processing. It’s exciting.”

He also explained that the continuity in having Matt Canada remain as offensive coordinator was key. 

“I think it’s reasonable to expect that to be significant,” Tomlin said. “But we’ll have an opportunity to make it so.”

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Colin Cowherd shares true feelings on Kenny Pickett

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It’s officially Kenny Pickett’s show in Pittsburgh, as he’ll be entering the 2023 NFL season as the unquestioned Number 1 starter for the team. 

And for NFL analyst Colin Cowherd, he believes that Pickett absolutely is the right choice for the Steelers to remain a “stable” organization in the absence of franchise legend Ben Roethlisberger. 

“I think you see a stable organization, a good coach, and a defense even with a wonky offensive line, he can win games. So you went from Big Ben, usually your star quarterback leaves… you’re bailing for years on it. The Steelers immediately stabilize an organization when the legend left.” 

Pickett himself sounded off on what he believes was his personal growth that he showed throughout his rookie campaign that saw him supplant Mitch Trubisky as the team starter.

“The biggest growth for me was mentally. Just understanding of the system… There are so many things I’m going to go through here this offseason in order for me to take that big jump in Year 2, which I’m expecting myself to do. There were so many new things coming in the year that you can’t even out into this one interview that you’re going through as a rookie QB in the NFL. I just got so much more comfortable from the first day I walked in here to the last day of the season. It’s like night and day.”

Who else agrees with Cowherd that the Steelers are in good hands with Pickett under center? 

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Steelers give crucial offseason review of Kenny Pickett

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The Pittsburgh Steelers appear to have found their starting quarterback for the 2023 NFL season. As you may remember, the starter’s role wasn’t guaranteed, as the trio of Kenny Pickett, Mason Rudolph and Mitchell Trubisky all entered training camp vying for the position. And while it was Trubisky who initially started things off for the 2022 season, he would eventually be replaced by Pickett.

Right now, it’s Pickett’s job to lose. And he’s taking his job seriously, putting in the hard work this offseason in order to ensure that he can enter training camp in the best possible shape later this year. And according to one particularly shining review from his private quarterback coach Tony Racioppi, he’s doing all of that successfully and more.

“I think his arm’s gotten stronger,” he told Chris Mack, Colin Dunlap, and Dorin Dickerson on 93.7 The Fan earlier this week, “between the rotational power stuff that the University of Pittsburgh guys gave him, from a weight room standpoint, and from a fundamental standpoint. There’s more velocity on the ball and he’s throwing the ball deeper better, and those were two goals”.

Pickett’s play in 2022 earned him the Joe Greene Great Performance Award, which is awarded annually by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Pro Football Writers of America to the team’s standout rookie player. And he’s going to be aiming for bigger and better things in 2023! 

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Kenny Pickett makes bold declaration

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The Pittsburgh Steelers had themselves a new starting quarterback in the form of 1st round draft pick Kenny Pickett, who took over from the struggling veteran Mitchell Trubisky earlier in the 2022 NFL season. 

Steelers fans are warming up more and more to Pickett as their starting quarterback, and they’re going to like even more what he had to say about how he feels playing for the iconic franchise.

“I’m just happy doing this. I genuinely like doing it. I like being here. In order to be great you have to have a love for the game. I want to be one of the best. I know what I have to do and there’s a lot of things that we need to do as a team to get us to our goals. I feel like it all starts with me and my play. I’ve got to be the guy that takes us there. I’m ready to take it on.”

“We just wanted to find a few days in the offseason, before spring practice started, where we could get down to Florida to work out and hang out off the field,” said Pickett. “Spend some time together and just build that rapport that we’re going to need this season. It was an awesome couple of days. We got a ton of work done and it was awesome to see the guys.”

“In college you spend a lot of time off the field together, whether it’s study hall or on the weekends and everyone’s in the same spot. But in the NFL, it’s kind of hard. Everyone has a family. Everyone’s off doing their own thing. It’s nice whenever you can get guys together and kind of go back to those college, team bonding days where you can really hang out and get to know each other.”

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Steelers fans will love Kenny Pickett’s latest comments

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The Pittsburgh Steelers had themselves a new starting quarterback in the form of 1st round draft pick Kenny Pickett, who took over from the struggling veteran Mitchell Trubisky earlier in the 2022 NFL season. 

And while it wasn’t completely smooth sailing, Pickett rebounded nicely in order to lead the Steelers on the verge of a postseason spot. Unfortunately, despite the winning record of 9-8, the Steelers would fall just short of qualifying for the postseason and had to watch from home. 

You can bet that Pickett is going to be fully dialed in to get his team back to the postseason later this year, and he’s certainly putting in the work to ensure that he’s nothing short of his best when the team gathers for training camp in preparation for the upcoming campaign. 

“I would be here mighty early. And I left mighty late,” Pickett said in an interview with Theresa Varley of Steelers.com “Showing up here when it was dark out and leaving when it’s dark is a little bit depressing. I was taking some vitamin D for sure.”

“I don’t track the hours. I just kind of go through how I need to prepare and then whatever it ends up being, it ends up being. It would be about leaving the building when I felt good about the day’s work, and I felt really confident going into the game.”

Folks, Pickett is fully dialed in, and that’s nothing but good news for the prospects of their success in 2023.