Kenny Pickett

That idea went flying out the Window Thursday Night. Wow, I mean just WOW; how does Pete Carroll not go to Kenny in the 4th QTR down 7-10???

Raiders down by only 3 points to the Broncos in the 4th QTR, starting QB Gino Smith is in the Blue tent being looked at for a Quad injury and can barely walk. Interception is thrown and the Raiders have the Ball on the Broncos 45 with 7:10 remaining in the game.

Gino Smith comes out of the Blue tent, and can barely walk to the huddle, he actually has to stop walking a few time because he is in so much pain trying to get on the field. Gino hands the ball off 4 times, because he can't move, and then throws an incompletion out of the shotgun. Raiders miss a FG to tie the game.

If Kenny can't get in a game where your QB is basically hopping around on one leg, he is never going to get in the game.

 

Kenny is going to be lucky to have a job in the NFL next year. Its unfortunate, but true.

 

They don't have Pickens. Kenny's only play was chucking up a ball down the sideline to George, and hope he could make a crazy catch. He had nothing else.

 

They were saying on Fox Sports today that Aiden O'Connell is close to returning and when he does he will be the named the starter over Geno.

 

This means they do not trust KP in the game at all. Could be the HC, could be the OC, could be both. The trust is with Geno on one leg. For what purpose would they be saving KP for? I would wager he'll be a free agent this offseason looking for a team. Maybe he goes to the UFL, if that's still a thing.

 

You aren’t seeing the 5th year option being triggered

 

Yet we wasted 1st round draft capital on him. Just goes to show how bad the current and former FO is and has been at acquiring QB talent. Not to mention the coaching staff's inability to develop QBs. It really is pathetic how bad the steelers are with QBs not named Ben over the past 20 years.

 

QB is REALLY hard to get right, especially in today's college football world. The offenses are so different than NFL ones and kids are bouncing from one program to another getting less development time in one place (though there are plenty of HC carousels too). We've taken two first round QB's and got a HOF and a bust. The bust rate on first round QB's is over 60%.... that's the reality. We've taken a few later round guys like Howard, and Oladokun, and a couple of mid round guys in Rudolph, Dobbs, and Jones. Oladokun isn't a player, but jury is still out on Howard. Mason and Dobbs are both capable back ups, so its hard to say either of them are a poor selection. Jones was better than given credit for but also not one I would consider a quality back up or anything. We will call him a miss. So 1 for 2 in the first, 2 for 3 in mid rounds, 0 for 1 in the later rounds (with an incomplete for Howard). I think we do okay... we just need to hit on the next one we swing at in the first round. We can't afford another bust or we will be a bad team for a stretch. We get the next first round QB right and we will likely compete for playoff wins and division titles moving forward.

 

You mean like as bad as all the time between Bradshaw, and Ben???