Pickett tried to avoid answering the question about why he left Pittsburgh in his introductory press conference, but he may have inadvertently answered it when asked about the Browns possibly bringing in Russ or a rookie. All you want is an opportunity meaning he asked for the trade because Mike wouldn't give him one and absolutely promised Russ. Can we please finally put to bed the Kenny was scared to compete narrative! It was quite the opposite....all he wanted was a CHANCE to compete. He was never scared of Russ. He is too confident in himself.
“All you want is an opportunity"
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That would be correct. He knew Wilson sucked.
I forget, how many games did Kenny play in and start over 2 years with the Steelers?
Oh, yeah, he never had an opportunity.
No. Gerry Dulac (aka the wuss) will never believe you. But he has been on his knees so long with his mouth full you’ll have to wait before he is able to talk.
Kenny's play is why they wanted to bring in another QB. If he would've stayed, he would've had an opportunity. He'd also still be under contract and have a chance to throw to DK and Pickens this year. Instead he's with the Browns. It is what it is, but unfortunately did not make the most of his chances in Pittsburgh.
Yeah. With on OC so bad he redefined the word “sucks” and an O line so bad they refused to block.
I don’t really have a dog in this fight and am really bored with the Steelers/ Pickett dispute crap but you know that the question of “opportunity” centered on Tomlin promising Wilson he’d start and had nothing to do with Pickett playing the 2 years before Wilson’s signing with the Steelers. So bottom line is your reply is BS.
No the BS was a young QB only 2 years into the league given ample opportunity to show something during those 2 years but not doing so and then turning around and thinking he earned some right to make a demands for opportunity, competition, whatever.
Kenny not wanting to compete was never the issue - it was always about Tomlin bullchitting Kenny. Field’s basically just hinted the same thing.
With an OC who still can’t get a job an an online that was one of the worst in the league.
This post is nothing short of deranged. An opportunity? You mean like drafting a guy in the first round and letting him play 25 games? The Steelers saw more in Mason Rudolph than what they saw in Pickett. That's telling. The Eagles were comfortable with Tanner McKee backing up the oft-injured Jalen Hurts over Pickett. That's telling. Dude has been moved twice, but neither time to a franchise who really wants him to start or for much in return. That's telling. The league has told you multiple times how much they value Kenny Pickett.
No.....he wouldn't have.....he would have sat just like Justin. The difference is Justin was traded for, didn't have a say, and knew that people were smart enough to see what happened. Kenny see the way Tomlin glazed over Russ and wasn't dumb enough to fall for that pole position BS 🤣. Let your boss tell you I'm bringing in someone from the outside who never worked for our company but I'm going to give him "pole position" for the job and see if you don't start updating your resume 🤣🤣🤣😈.
No......the league has told us Kenny played for Matt Canada, look much better with a real team, and people still think he can be a starter in this league..... otherwise people wouldn't keep being interested. They didn't run through a bunch of options and settle on Pickett. The Brown targeted him early...which tells me there were more suitors. The Eagles did him right sending him to a team he probably fits and has a good chance to start for. Your post is deranged because you didn't realize I was quoting from his press conference when asked about competing with Russ or a rookie this year. Reading comprehension is a vital part of proper communication.
Yeah, the Eagles were so impressed that they let him go for virtually nothing. Some of you literally tried arguing he was a crucial component to the Eagles winning a SB because of how he ran the freaking scout team. Now that they told you they're comfortable letting him go, all of a sudden the narrative is the Browns are targeting him early.
Get real. The Browns (now there's a beacon for quarterback wisdom over the years) are throwing $hit at the wall and almost certainly going to draft a QB high. You think the #2 pick overall is going to ride the pine in favor of Kenny Pickett?
More BS….Pickett played behind the worst OL in the league and took a beating which hindered his performance and played under the worst OC in the league for 2 years so that anyone who concludes that he was given a fair and genuine opportunity to audition for the job during his stint in the Burgh is a genuine idiot! So after tying Pickett to an anchor in the form of his OL that was a sieve and pathetic excuse of a OC, they sign an over the hill veteran QB and GUARANTEE him that he will be the starter. That’s not a scenario where Pickett received a legitimate opportunity……that’s called a royal screw job.
Yours is the dumb yinzer, Stillers can do no wrong perspective foisted on the public by the Steelers’ sycophants in the press, a perspective which is part of the reason the Stillers have sucked for over a decade. Go have a sammich now and wave your Terrible Towel.
he was given the chance to start, for a season and a half, and kind of sucked.
It was more than Wilson being told he would be in the pole position, he was guaranteed the starting job.
Bradshaw sucked for a handful of years and Big dumb Ben struggled for several years but had the kind of talent around him that compensated for his pathetic play…so what’s your point other than you swallow the yinzer perspective spread by Dulac like horse manure? Hell #7 wasn’t even a factor in his first Super Bowl…he may as well have been a spectator.
Ben took the team to the afc championship and #1 seed in his rookie year and tied the nfl record for most wins by a rookie...
Dont ever mention pickett's name in the same post as either ben or bradshaw, it makes you look foolish.. i get it, you love kenny, we all get it.. the truth is, no one in pittsburgh other than you pickett fanboys gives a F about him anymore, we've all moved on except for a few pathetic little pitt fans who keep bringing up this old, tired, and forgotten about narrative..
#7 was nothing better than average his first year…he was surrounded by great talent, talent that dwarfed the garbage which surrounded Pickett on both sides of THE ball. And contrary to what you say, it makes perfect sense to refer to the Diva and Bradshaw in discussing the Pickett situation because your memory is tainted by your yinzer perspective and completely overlooks the struggles these other QBs experienced early on…do you remember Hanratty and Gilliam….doesn’t appear so.
I don’t love Kenny…I’m still ticked that he sat out the Peach Bowl. I never thought he was a first round pick caliber QB in the first instance, but Dumlin selected him in the first round so that it made logical sense to allow Pickett a legit shot to show that he deserved to have been selected in the first round……and truth be told Pickett may never have proven he deserved to be the starter for the Steeler, but we’ll never know because he was saddled with a moron for a HC, an OC who was incompetent and played 1960’s style offensive FB, and he was surrounded by a bunch of stiffs on the starting offense. So in short, I’m not a Pickett lover or apologist, I just get rankled by yinzers like you bending the truth on what transpired here because of their unflagging loyalty to what has become one of the crappiest organizations in the NFL.
Yeah, Ben had the greatest run in playoff history at 23 years old. Beat the 1, 2, and 3 seeds in the AFC and the 1 seed in the NFC.
People forget how good that Colts team was: they were 14-0 at one point and rested starters in the last game after they lost one. And the Steelers got an early lead by coming out and throwing it all over the lot. I mean that game is kind of a blowout if they don't screw Polamalu on that interception and Bettis doesn't fumble at the 1 (oh by the way, Ben had the game-saving tackle).
And Hines Ward, Cedrick Wilson, Antwaan Randle El, and Nate Washington... well, they weren't exactly Carter, Moss, and Reed. We're talking about 3 years in the MAC and getting drafted at 22 vs 5 years in the ACC and getting drafted at 24. Part of Pickett's appeal was supposed to be game-readiness to compensate for a likely lesser ceiling.
People forget how good that Colts team was: they were 14-0 at one point and rested starters in the last game after they lost one. And the Steelers got an early lead by coming out and throwing it all over the lot. I mean that game is kind of a blowout if they don't screw Polamalu on that interception and Bettis doesn't fumble at the 1 (oh by the way, Ben had the game-saving tackle).
And Hines Ward, Cedrick Wilson, Antwaan Randle El, and Nate Washington... well, they weren't exactly Carter, Moss, and Reed. We're talking about 3 years in the MAC and getting drafted at 22 vs 5 years in the ACC and getting drafted at 24. Part of Pickett's appeal was supposed to be game-readiness to compensate for a likely lesser ceiling.
he was surrounded by a great team, and an even better run game. Ben had that luxury, a perfect situation for a rookie qb. Steelers asked very little of him his rookie year, especially with us having the early lead and running the clock out in the second half. I wont dispute that..
BUT, there were 2 regular season games in his rookie year where they absolutely gave him the ball (cliche alert) and he dominated. The dallas game and the giants game, both away games, where he had huge games. i want to say he threw for well over 350 both games (Without looking it up)..
So your point is valid but there were signs early and ben delivered. i dont even know what we were talking about again. Kenny?? meh, whatever, it's in the past. steelers have much bigger issues than what was said behind closed doors in 2022 to kenny freakin pickett.
Hanratty and GIlliam were before my time. But i know gilliam had the job but him doing heroine during the season was an issue. Chuck and Art even said as much, he would have absolutely been the starter in 74 i think but drugs will kill you, figuratively and literally.
but dude, those days are gone. Yeah, brad sucked for his first 4 years, no argument there. but back then you gave your qb years to develop, those days are long gone..
Some of you need to take off the Steelers colored glasses. KP was told he would have the opportunity to compete for the starting job. Then they told Wilson the job was his. Then they dicked around Fields and he bolted, too. There is nothing wrong with a QB wanted the opportunity to compete. Unless you are caught up in the Steelers propaganda.
you guys are arguing with no one. again, no one cares. There isnt this huge "pickett quit" crowd out there. It's like 2 psu fans on social media, that's the huge contingency you guys are debating with. and they are just doing it to rile you guys up..
again, 99.9% of the steeler fanbase has moved on. we are too busy crying and b*tching about our current situation to worry about what was promised to whoever in 2022. the windshield is bigger than the rearview,
When you bring in a first round quarterback you obviously believe in him or you're really stupid. That being said when you have an OC that is so bad that your entire fan base is chanting fire him in the middle of games and you do something you never do which is fire someone you still have to pay. Why would you not give your first round quarterback a CHANCE to compete in a new offense. If the new guy you bring in is in fact better what do you have to lose letting them compete. Also, how hollow is your new guy if he will only sign if he is guaranteed "pole position?" Kinda seems like he is the one that doesn't want to compete. Bet he doesn't sign with Cleveland, because he thinks he is too good to "compete!"
Meh.....the whole team kinda sucked including the coaches which is why the very next year with what was dubbed as significant upgrades to the QB room they got their 🫏 beat up and down the field again because.......They suck. The only good news is fans no longer get to blame Kenny for why they suck.
yes, we have a whole new list of reasons on why we are garbage, lol. so that's good, i think.
So the yinzer fans are dumb for thinking Kenny Pickett isn't the answer, but when it comes to chanting about firing the OC they're all of a sudden astute football geniuses? Canada sucked, but Ben - playing with a shot elbow a year or two after he should have hung it up - did way more under him than Pickett did.
Ooooohhhh the big bad mean lying Steelers. One day some of you babies are gonna realize what some of us have been saying. Sports is a dirty cutthroat business and it’s not for everyone.
Even the lied to and screwed poor Mason Rudolph understand it evidenced by his return.
But keep crying.
Even the lied to and screwed poor Mason Rudolph understand it evidenced by his return.
But keep crying.
He lead the league in comebacks on a talent-voided, hamstrung offense.
The Steelers cult is strong in this one...
That's an odd comparison.....an almost 20 year veteran with years of experience under functional offenses and coordinators who had the power and authority to pretty much do as he pleased having more success than a rookie who was the 21st pick in the draft....what a riveting revelation! The nuggets you drop on this site
I might kiss and make up for a few million too when there's next to no demand for my services. I'm sure he got a decent bonus coming back to a program where both sides are so familiar.
The Pickett situation aside, the Steelers blow sums it up…lousy organization with a dumb owner and an even dumber HC.
That's an odd comparison.....an almost 20 year veteran with years of experience under functional offenses and coordinators who had the power and authority to pretty much do as he pleased having more success than a rookie who was the 21st pick in the draft....what a riveting revelation! The nuggets you drop on this site
A 2nd-year quarterback, who is 26 years old, should be a hell of a lot closer to his prime than an out of shape 39-year-old coming off major elbow surgery. The excuses get funnier by the post.
What he signed for is peanuts in today’s nfl. He’s shown he’s a capable backup and while there’s no way to be certain I believe a team would have signed him.
