2022 Steelers Mock Draft: Pre Senior Bowl

1. Watch his game tape on YouTube and then go watch Jackson's from college, Willis is clearly the better passer at the same stage of their career. Jackson has the stronger arm but Willis is more accurate than Jackson by far.

2. I understand that Willis is form a small C-USA school and Jackson played in the ACC however, Ben Roethlisberger was a MAC QB.

3. So you are knocking the kid because he didn't start as a true freshman or sophomore at Auburn, and SEC school? Where horrible and Joe Burrow couldn't beat out Haskins at Ohio State and Josh Allen didn't start until his 3rd year.

 

Here is the thing I do like about Pickett. He is very coachable and receptive to change. He has enough talent to be an average to above average QB in the NFL, but he's smart enough and coachable enough to be a really good NFL QB, possibly championship caliber. He recognized deficiencies in his game and bought into the adjustments that Mark Whipple made to make him successful. To me that means he has the ability to set ego aside and to take advantage of the people around him.

I know a lot of people compare him to Joe Burrow because of Joe having one successful year then going in round 1 but I think that is the wrong comparison. I think he should be compared more to Drew Brees. Go back in read the scouting reports on Drew Brees from 2001, they are very similar to Kenny Pickets when talking about his physical attributes, and the fact that Kenny makes up for not being the most physically gifted by being the better student and on field leader.

I'm not saying he will have the career Brees had, he won't...but let's not just over look the other intangibles needed when it comes to playing QB.

 

We need to be looking for a passer first type QB who can move as last resort when the opportunity presents itself. I would urge not to buy a one look and than run QB. We just need a mobile QB who can pick up the first down like a Herbert. He needs to be a passer first and as gifted an athelete as Malik Willis is, to me he has not shown the passer first talent and mentality you want

 

well, we aren’t lookin for anything lol

I think if Pickett is there he ends up being the guy regardless of who else they are talking to.

 

Agree. 29 of the 55 Super Bowls have been won by a 1st round QB. 16 of the 29 were by QBs that were the #1 pick overall. This year will make it 17 and 30.. 26 by QBs taken after the 1st round have won the Super Bowl. 8 1st round QBs have won multiple SBs, while only 4 non-1st round QBs have won multiple SBs, Starr, Staubach, Montana, and Brady. 34 QBs will have won SBs after next Sunday. Bradshaw is the only #1 overall pick to win four SBs.

 

My opinion is biased, I hope Kenny Pickett is picked by the Steelers and
they surround him with some quality players. He will not carry a team, Hell Ben R couldn't carry the team
But Kenny is tough and has a good attitude Would represent Steeler organization well.

 

trouble is they haven't done well drafting DB's or ILB's. we can still draft these other positions even if we take a QB in the first. free agency is the way to go for an offensive tackle and DB. WR we could get in a later round because i don't think it's a huge need right now. DL i think can wait a year at least. ILB would be my 2nd pick and hopefully Muma is there. i think pickett will be gone. i wouldn't have a problem with any of the one's i have mentioned. if we don't start we won't know. there is nothing guaranteeing we get our guy in future draft's either. as hard as they are looking, i don't think there is any way we don't get one this year.

 

I agree about the uncertainty of it all when it comes to getting a long term QB

Ridder looks intriguing, I don't think I would rule him out

 

I'm not surprised you are displaying your ignorance in yet another post. Burrow barely played at Ohio State. There certainly wasn't enough of a sample size to say he was good. He was a backup, throwing no more than eight passes in any game, none of them as a starter. Then he was pretty meh his junior year at LSU before breaking out as a senior.

Your characterization of Pickett implies that the only place he is getting hyped is Pittsburgh. The guy finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting. You do realize people outside of Pittsburgh vote for that, right? He's a high first-round pick in just about every mock draft out there. Those are national analysts, not just Pittsburgh guys. They don't care how long it has been since Pitt had a decent quarterback.

 

I'm knocking a kid because he doesn't read through his progressions. He looks at his first read, maybe his second, then tucks and runs. He is wildly inaccurate. It is a hell of a lot easier looking good against the likes of Troy and UMass than it was for Jackson against legitimate competition at Louisville.

 

Did you mean to write wildly inaccurate?

It's not. Willis has accuracy issues. Sure, I utilized a bit of hyperbole, but it is a legitimate concern, one that is extremely rare for a quarterback to overcome. Allen is the exception that proves the rule.

Willis did absolutely nothing in the game to challenge the negative perception of him. He completed only two passes for 11 yards. He had one pretty run. He is fool's gold. He sucks people in by making the occasional exciting play and by looking good in workouts without a real defense opposing him. His upside is a slower version of Lamar Jackson. Do you have much faith in Jackson competing with the elite quarterbacks in the AFC? He hadn't been able to do that when it mattered most even before this season, and then he got hurt. It's amazing that hadn't happened sooner.

 

I just saw a mock draft that has no QBs taken in the first round. They had the Steelers taking Raimann from Central Michigan. That would be shrewd if the Steelers pass on a QB and take a lineman. I am not opposed to riding w Mason and drafting O-line and ILB help. If we passed on a QB this year I wld be ok with that. Theyt might make a play in free agency but I would prefer saving draft capital and strengthening O-line and LB

 

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