Take it with a grain of salt, but this is an interesting read after all of the insults leveled at KP from the local Steelers pravda hacks.
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The business side of professional sports is very ugly!
The NFL is a business, but that account of the Steelers / Tomlin’s actions is sleazy
If that is the way it went down, I don’t think Kenny had a choice but to ask for a divorce.
If that is the way it went down, I don’t think Kenny had a choice but to ask for a divorce.
One of the people is consistently rated by his own players as one of the most respected coaches in the NFL. Meanwhile this guy's source, Benny Trickett, had his own teammates lobbying another QB to take his spot.
JMO but I think Wilson is going to be poison to the Steelers this season.
Well well well. The Steelers lied and then used their media cronies to write some hit pieces on Pickett. I am shocked. 
Im a life time Steelers fan but if this is true I hope they go 0-16 in 2024 ...
I sent this same tweet out to my Steelers fan family members.....they were in denial or indifferent. Honestly I realized that Kenny Pickett was of little importance to the average Steelers fan because they never got a chance in my opinion to see what he was actually capable of. I actually figured this is more or less exactly how it went down, but I've made my peace with it. Guess Big Ben had them by the nuts for so long they forgot what it was like to try to develop a young QB? Let's go Eagles!
So Russell Wilson was scared to compete. Let's see if we get that headline anywhere from the local lapdogs....
I assume you figured what you're implying is fairly obvious but it actually isn't. Say what you're trying to say.
NEWSFormer Steelers QB Kenny Pickett "Wilted In The Face Of Competition" After Big Time Signing
Article published 7 hours ago. These 🍆heads in Pittsburgh have nothing better to do. It's sad man. Dude has been an Eagle for weeks. He starts off season workouts with his new team on the 16th and some people in PGH are still on his 🥜 s.
Article published 7 hours ago. These 🍆heads in Pittsburgh have nothing better to do. It's sad man. Dude has been an Eagle for weeks. He starts off season workouts with his new team on the 16th and some people in PGH are still on his 🥜 s.
The source also knows which number Kenny is going to wear next season.
Just find it funny how many people bash the Steelers for "lying" and "pushing their narrative to the media" and taking the opposite side as the gospel truth because that's what they want to hear.
Oh okay I get what you're saying here. I guess their is some logic to your thinking. I guess my logic is the "story" the Steelers told made absolutely no sense what so ever, painted Pickett as an emotional lunatic just days after claiming he was open to the Wilson signing and welcomed the competition. I got a problem with people trying to feed my dog crap and calling it cake. I would have never lasted in the Matrix my brain doesn't process bull 💩 very well.
There's nothing groundbreaking in this maybe true, maybe not story. These moves happen every single year in the NFL and no one cries about teams "lying". It's comical at this point. If Pickett was good enough, they never sign Wilson and he never asks for a trade.
Shocker. Whatever led you to that conclusion. Lol
The mediocre Mike apologists can’t accept that Tomlin iisnt the straight shooter he’s made out to be.
This story is as logical as any. Wilson is a prima Donna and it’s doubtful he’d go to be a back up or have to compete for the starter position anywhere
Picket was ok competing for the staring job and then something changed
The Steelers were reportedly interested in fields well before they signed Wilson. They didn’t take long to pulll the trigger either
As i said. It’s a business The Steelers have every right to go in a different direction than KP. It’s the yinzers who are butt hurt that made a business decision for himself when he saw the handwriting on the wall.
This story is as logical as any. Wilson is a prima Donna and it’s doubtful he’d go to be a back up or have to compete for the starter position anywhere
Picket was ok competing for the staring job and then something changed
The Steelers were reportedly interested in fields well before they signed Wilson. They didn’t take long to pulll the trigger either
As i said. It’s a business The Steelers have every right to go in a different direction than KP. It’s the yinzers who are butt hurt that made a business decision for himself when he saw the handwriting on the wall.
Are the same people that said Pickett didn't want to compete for the starting position saying the same thing about Wilson? I hope the move blows up on the team and Wilson causes the same problems that made his former team want to cut him and eat 80 million in salary.
You reap what you sow.
You reap what you sow.
I hope it blows up in the Steelers face.
Other than Pickett developing into a QB who consistently leads a team to deep playoff runs, I don't see how it would blow up in the Steelers face.
KP can leave when the Steelers and their fans say he can leave. Until then, he should accept what is handed to him.
Uh two turnover machines who cost them games ? Just a guess
A couple 6 win seasons, Tomlin gets fired, and they hire some bum. Pickett goes onto having a Kirk Cousins like career.
It can several ways. It’s going to be interesting.
I believe the story because it makes a lot of sense that Wilson wouldn't sign without being told he was the starter. A whole lot of sense.
Watched and listened to KP during his Pitt years and he always handled himself in a professional manner even as a young adult. So I don't feel that he would have changed as a person, which leads to the Steelers being less than transparent (even deceitful) when dealing with both KP and Rodulph.
Never wanted KP drafted by the Steelers bc the team needed so many holes filled that I felt he would be the fall guy. Now I just have a really bad distaste for the way the Steeler organization operates. It may be a business but damn be honest. I feel that if you treat your employees this way you will never build they type of "family" environment that is necessary (IMO) to win at the highest levels, you just merely exist. Very disappointed.
Never wanted KP drafted by the Steelers bc the team needed so many holes filled that I felt he would be the fall guy. Now I just have a really bad distaste for the way the Steeler organization operates. It may be a business but damn be honest. I feel that if you treat your employees this way you will never build they type of "family" environment that is necessary (IMO) to win at the highest levels, you just merely exist. Very disappointed.
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The loudest supporters are always the ones getting coddled. Just how it goes.
It’s basically the same thing we’ve heard for weeks
The only thing new to me was Russell’s drama and demands and the Giants
I feel like Rudolph’s contract, Pickett being “notified” by social media etc we’ve heard more than once.
Pretty crappy situation
Agree
And if true I expect Russell to not exactly mesh well with locker room . But I’ll wait and see.
But when Pickett was drafted I said the team overall isn’t great at all and you’d have to be delusional to think otherwise. Fall guy for sure
And they aren’t really interested in winning in the playoffs.
The Steelers made a business decision, so did Pickett. I think KP knew it was a competition whether against Russ or Mason. But Wilson wasn’t signing if there was even a hint of that. Whether the timeline is correct or not, the local media fanboys like Dulac, Bouchette, Kobaly, Yohe etc that fluff Tomlin and the Steelers no matter what could have shown an ounce of professionalism in how they reported it. Instead they attacked the kid’s character and called him a punk, bitch, and other stuff they would never in a million years have the balls to say to his face.
A basic smear campaign implemented by the Steelers State Media - like I said, Putin would be impressed.
They are not a Pitt fan, they just troll our board. Hopefully, that helps explain it.
I'm suggesting that it's just as likely to be happening as there is plenty of reporting with sources saying no promises were made and there would be competition, or that Wilson was going to have the advantage in the competition. But people are so quick to jump on the confirmation bias train as soon as possible.
Personally I find it hard to believe that the most respected players' coach of the last decade outright lied to Pickett. I do believe the stories that he said that Wilson would have the edge in a competition for starter and Pickett would have to earn his starting job back (or something to that effect). Pickett was probably offended and pissed that it wasn't an even competition or that he wasn't going to be competing against a known commodity in Rudolph. I can't really say that I'd blame him or that I'd have done anything differently in that situation, but I wish he would have stuck around so we could see what he can do under a real coordinator (if that's what the Steelers have now).
The stillers way is do what I say and not as we do. Pi$$ on them!!! H2P
They want continued access and they tried to out do each other on who can do daddy most proud. Make no mistake, the Steelers directed the negative storyline against KP. The shills got the message out and kept pushing it.
You mean like Yohe and Madden??? No.... not those 2 admirable guys lol 😆
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