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Pickett ranked worst first rd QB in last 5 years

Discussion in 'Steelers Talk' started by Blast Furnace, Feb 28, 2026 at 6:52 PM.

  1. Hanratty#5

    Hanratty#5 Well-Known Member

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    Obviously Trey Lance is a much bigger bust than Pickett. With Matt Canada as his OC, KP still managed a winning record of 14-10 while with the Steelers. Although many of those wins were ugly 16-13 rock fights, he does have a winning record in his time here.
     
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  2. Bubbahotep

    Bubbahotep Well-Known Member

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    TBH, most of his wins were because of the heroics of the defense. Nearly half his wins were 4th qtr drives. He was clutch in the 4th but too bad he couldn't do much the other 45 minutes.
     
  3. Steelvision

    Steelvision Well-Known Member

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    Just put an asterisk by this ranking. For being coached by the worst steelers OC in modern history.
     
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  4. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    The thing with Lance is the 49ers found out Purdy had more to offer so Lance never got any kind of body of work to go by, just 6 starts his first season. He had 5 TDs in that span to Kennys 7 in 13 games.

    I have no doubt if given the same sample size Lance would have put up better numbers than Kenny.
     
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  5. feltdeez

    feltdeez Well-Known Member

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    The title said first round picks. Willis wasn’t a first rounder.

    Not sure how anyone could put a pick at 20 over top 5 picks who didn’t pan out. Some of these teams gave up picks to move up and get these guys.
     
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  6. feltdeez

    feltdeez Well-Known Member

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    this can’t be repeated enough. Where is Canada now?

    They had fire canada signs at volleyball games.
     
  7. jeh1856

    jeh1856 We want in so we can bark to go out again

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    The Steelers still managed a winning record of 14-10 while with KP
     
  8. 86WardsWay

    86WardsWay Well-Known Member

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    Yea with those tiny hands he would be harder to see screaming for roughing the passer calls every other pass play.
     
  9. Trafalgar

    Trafalgar Well-Known Member

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    Don't read it then.

    :rolleyes:
     
  10. Trafalgar

    Trafalgar Well-Known Member

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    The last 5-6 years have been a disaster in the first round - after 90 it's been awful.

    4 absolute busts (up to and including Broderick Jones) with Najee being a solid but "not-worth-a-1st rounder" exception.
     
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  11. Bubbahotep

    Bubbahotep Well-Known Member

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    He had an open opportunity in Cleveland and lost out because he was injured, again.
     
  12. Born2Steel

    Born2Steel Well-Known Member

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    The Steelers were able to make Landry Jones look like a decent backup QB.
     
  13. HeinzMustard

    HeinzMustard Well-Known Member

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    ... with TJ Watt being a total beast.
     
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  14. Chucktownsteeler

    Chucktownsteeler Well-Known Member

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    That was my point, but early on I was flamed for it. When you are 23 or 34 years old in college playing against 18 or 20 year old inexperienced players your stats get skewed. I guess the Steelers didn't learn this on the Jarvis Jones experience.

    That is why I warn against Carson Beck. He graduated 2 years ago and was still playing.
     
  15. NorthernBlitz

    NorthernBlitz Well-Known Member

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    And missing on the 3rd overall pick is just so much worse than missing at 20. The difference in value in those picks is massive.

    Not a Pickett fan by any means. And he's clearly not a starting NFL QB (maybe not even an NFL QB soon).

    But he's probably not the worst pick at QB in the last 5 years.
     
  16. Steel_Elvis

    Steel_Elvis Staff Member Mod Team

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    Lance by far. Also, how about Anthony Richardson at (I think) 4th overall? Zach Wilson at #2?

    Pickett sucks, but he only cost the #21 overall pick. In that context Pickett may not even be in the Top 5 worst.
     
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  17. CK 13

    CK 13 Well-Known Member

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  18. CK 13

    CK 13 Well-Known Member

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  19. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    I agree, have no interest in Beck.
     
  20. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Jones and Pickett is a fair comparison.
     
  21. MojaveDesertPghFan

    MojaveDesertPghFan Set the controls for the heart of the Sun.

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    Your Dad was right, they do prefer 4K. [​IMG] [​IMG] ;)
     
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  22. Arch Stanton

    Arch Stanton Well-Known Member

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    That was mainly because of the defense, not Pickett.
     
  23. jeh1856

    jeh1856 We want in so we can bark to go out again

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    That was my point
     
  24. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    Thing is , he was a terrible Qb in college. He had to be the 1st Qb taken from a major school, that sucked in college, and still got drafted I'm the 1st. The man threw something like 20 tds in all his time of college ball. LoL
     
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  25. Formerscribe

    Formerscribe Well-Known Member

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    Yup. Maybe McCarthy figures things out, but Richardson and Wilson were utter disasters, far worse than Pickett.
     
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