Kenny Pickett

SEEMS ABOUT RIGHT

'17
'25

 

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DJ says hold my beer. DJ is being released by Cleveland. Johnson joined Cleveland in April after spending the 2024 calendar year on four different clubs (Steelers, Panthers, Ravens, Texans).

 

I might be reading into things, but.......

KP is not a horrible QB. He is kind of in the Rudolph category. Almost a starter quality guy, but a solid back up (IMO). I think KP might even have a higher ceiling than Rudolph.

So, why is he the guy that has seen 4 teams on his rookie contract? I am guessing that KP has a lot of personal issues. Maybe maturity, personality, leadership, chip on the shoulder, lack of effort to improve.......whatever. But I bet that it is not his skill that keeps him being the man out. It is the mental side of things.

 

His ego is fragile. He doesn't embrace competition but runs away from it. He could have tried to compete here and been a competent backup and tried to get his job back after Russell Wilson's time. He at least has a Super Bowl ring.

 

Kenny is headed to back up QB land, but its OK, back ups are paid very well, stick around as long as you can.
Just go ask Josh Dobbs....

 

We didn't have 62 Qbs like the Browns did.

 

That makes sense also.

 

Because they probably are only good Qbs in their minds, and if You truly are a good player, and are behind a good player, he will be gone soon enough.

 

I don't think he's even a solid back-up, he sees competion and runs away from it. That's not an NFL QB.

 

The NFL is also filled with present and past QBs that fell into a starter slot due to luck, injury or something else and had a great season followed by a huge contract and sub par performance.......lol.....Wentz, Carr, Goff, Tannehill.....etc.

 

Unless you are the same class year

 

@Steelpens65 Congrats on your guy Rattler winning the starting QB job on the Saints

 

Hate to be Debbie Downer again, but selecting Pickett in the 1st round is just one example of the total mismanagement of the team in the past decade or longer. Rooney bears a good deal of the blame by keeping the same head coach while the performance and reputation of the Steelers continued to decline.

 

To the first pic,almost looks just like Rattler

 

im going to go out on a limb and say pairing KP with the infamous Matt Canada did more damage to the young Qb than we may realize. He might have indeed been a good prospect coming out of college that the steelers and Tomlin saw all the time in the same facility. All this talk of his own personality flaws may be a bit overblown.

I think the Canada effect was a big factor.

 

The team made mess of things, especially allowing him to go through the procedure on his ankle to rush back and then not giving him another shot.

 

I think that was part of it. So was being stuck with a head coach who took away his natural aggressiveness. They took a quarterback who thrived attacking the middle in college and told him to avoid mistakes at all costs.

That said, I'm at the point that I don't think he can stay healthy, anyway.

 

I love how he's been expendable with every team so far and people on here want to still say it's because of Mike Tomlin.


Just a little insider info here, the Raiders traded for Pickett because their 'real' QB2 is starting the season on IR. They didn't specifically want KP. The Browns said sure we'll take a 5th for him.


I think we all wanted him to succeed when he was drafted. He chose his path.

 

Nope

The poor boy was mistreated by the Steelers and now he is mentally damaged for life

It’s Tomlin’s fault



Run Kenny Run

 

Nobody is saying it was all Mike Tomlin, but if you don't think the Steelers screwed up in their handling of Pickett, I don't know what the heck you were watching during his time with the team.

Tomlin's mistakes are part of what got him to this point. So are Pickett's injuries. It is tough to rely on a guy if he can't stay healthy, and that seems to be the case with Pickett.

 

I thought you had watched enough football to see players ruined by being drafted into a bad situation. I guess not.