Why do you all saying this crap? This has nothing to do with Pickett. If it did, they would have went a OC who can develop a goung QB. This OC is not that.These are completely different decisions. Bell is a huge reach, but given the various limitations of the position here, was probably the best that PN could do. People are complaining about Smith because he isn't a reach, he's just not one of the sexy new candidates that pops up every year. Given KP's own limitations, it would have made no sense to go out and get a passing whiz to install an offense that KP can't run. While it's not an exciting hire, Smith makes perfect sense, and he's a known quantity.
The problem is not the Smith hire. The problem is the KP draft pick, which doesn't appear as of now to be a good one.
These bizzare statements blaming Pickett for every problem, team move is not normal. The guy has played like 20 games with a bad OC who was fired doing the season. Pickett's 1st game without him produced the first 400 yd game in almost 3 years. The second game, he led them to a FG on his first drive and drove the team to the 1 yd line before he was hurt.
He has to prove it this year, if not, they will look some place else. This OC is strickly on Tomlin and Rooney. This is what they want. They are not willing to really change to the new NFL.