Rudolph indicates he wants a fresh start

That was the best Qb room in the NFL at one time.

 

I doubt they would be looking at Tannehill as a starter. The only way he makes sense is if they want to hand the keys to Pickett for 2024 and figure Tannehill, which his experience in Smith's offense, can help.

 

Pointing out that while he played well overall, he made a disastrous mistake in the playoff game is not ****ting on him.

 

I would do the same, but I wouldn't have much faith in it happening that way.

 

Pickett completed seven of 10 passes for 70 yards against the Cardinals. Remember, Mason Cole ruined two drives while Pickett was in there with bad snaps, then had an even worse one for the fumble once Trubisky took over.

Nobody is saying Rudolph didn't play well in those three games. I'm just tempering my enthusiasm because I understand he had the help of weak competition in two of them and a team that wasn't fully trying in the third.

 

best game of the year for.......16 points. kid does not know how to get the ball into the EZ. and he does not know how to stay healthy. 2 serious problems

 

good point on the blown TD call (Tomlin BLEW the red flag!)

but good point.

 

with all of this except the last sentence. I think he can be a starter in the NFL. I don’t think he’s an elite level starter, but I think he can be a very effective starter and win a lot of games in the right offensive system and with a strong defense. He knows how to distribute the ball to his playmakers and is above average at reading defenses, something Kenny struggles mightily with.

I just don’t get how anybody who watched our quarterback play over the last two plus seasons and then watched Mason’s play the last month of the season can be anything but appreciative of how he reminded us all what competent quarterbacking actually looks like.

Kenny’s 6 TDs in 13 games and historically low TD rate is not all on Matt Canada. And you’re correct, Elvis, that Pickett was reverting to some of his old habits before he got hurt in the Cards game. No matter what some think, Kenny Pickett could not have and would not have led this team to three straight wins at the end of the season and into the playoffs like Mason Rudolph did. No way based on his performance over two seasons!

 

If he is smart, he will get out of there to try and save his career. He knows he is not going to be the long-term starter for the Steelers and will go back to not dressing on Sundays the first time he struggles. I wish him the best of luck moving on.

 

One would think a new offensive coordinator would be a "fresh start." Rudolph is doing what he needs to do to maximize his market value.

 

Steelers give up on Kenny Pickett, takes QB at 20 in ESPN mock draft
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Talking Heads are going crazy with BS.

 

I am absolutely confident that the Steelers would have beaten the Bengals a second time around with Pickett. I am equally as confident that they would have beaten the Seahawks because his improvements with Canada gone would have been enough of a threat in the passing game to allow Harris and Warren to trample Seattle's defense, which was the real reason they won that game. The only wild card would have been the game against the Ravens, mostly because the weather made a mess of things. Then again, I think they would have had a better chance to beat the Patriots with Pickett.

Pickett completed seven of 10 passes for 70 yards before he got hurt against the Cardinals. He had two drives ruined by terrible shotgun snaps from Cole on third down, then drove the team to the one, getting hurt on the third down that set up the incredibly-stupid decision to go for it on fourth-and-goal.

Most of the criticism he gets for that game comes down to one play, the one on which he got hurt. A receiver came open late near the left sideline, but clearly his first option was to the right and the line didn't give him time to get back to the other far sideline. I wonder how much leeway he was given when it came to looking for first reads rather than what the defense showed him by formation. He needs to handle plays like that better, but I also want to see him with Smith before I give up on that aspect of his game.

 

Rudolph is gone. Might as well accept it and move on. Steelers only have Pickett on the roster. They need a vet backup and QB draft pick.

 

Yes but he got clicks and a paycheck

 

I don’t know if it was Canada or Pickett but this was definite

Big dumb in one of his shows said when you look at the defense you have to change your progression

If Pickens is one on one then no matter what your progression should start with him

Pickett did not do this

I would have to blame this on coaching because if any one of us was the coach we would say hey Kenny look at George

Therefore that is why I think there is still life in the KSP project

 

Yeah, I saw that. If we take Bo Nix at #20 I am going to shoot someone.

Depending on Free Agency, I would have no problem at all taking a QB like Bo Nix in the 3rd - 5th round range.

 

I blame Tomlin on Rudolph's slow start in the playoff game. Why Tomlin could not get behind Mason Rudolph and make him QB #1 for the playoff game is beyond me. It is Rudolph's 1st playoff game and the last thing you want to hear is your head coach saying something like "Yeah that guys starting, but he is not my QB #1" Tomlin was an ASS on this one.

 

Hey I didn't say what I was going to shoot them with. Could be a Spit Ball, you never know.

 

probably

 

I keep seeing mock drafts with them taking Nix, which makes no sense. He isn't all that different from Pickett, so if you think that didn't work, it makes sense to try something else.