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The time of Kenny Pickett as a quarterrier starting from the Pittsburgh steelers did not last long.
The choice of first round in 2022 spent two seasons with the Steelers. He had 14-10 as a starter and had 4,474 yards by the pass, 13 Touché passes and 13 interceptions in 25 games in total.
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The Kenny Pickett Steelers quarterrier warms up before the Cardinals match of Arizona at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on December 3, 2023. (Charles Leclaire-USA TODAY SPORTS)
The Terry Bradshaw Professional Football Temple criticized the Steelers on Monday for not doing enough for putting a team around Pickett while the organization should go to a new starting quarter for the 2025 season in Aaron Rodgers.
“The Steelers get rid of Kenny Pickett,” he said last week in a Q&R on the “Podcast de Point Home Services”. “A first round, got rid of him after two years. And they are still looking for a quarter. They have even done nothing to build around him.”
Bradshaw added that he still thought that the first round quarters would succeed until the right list was built around them. He cited the success of Baker Mayfield with the Buccaneers of Tampa Bay and the success of Sam Darnold with the Vikings of Minnesota before joining the Seattle Seahawks.
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Pittsburgh missed the playoffs in 2022 and succeeded in 2023. George Pickens broke out as a receiver of 1,000 yards while Najee Harris rushed for 1,035 yards. But Pickett and the Steelers separated before the 2024 season.
Pickett has become the backup of the Eagles quarter-rear in Philadelphia, Jalen Hurts and was on the list when the team won the Super Bowl. He joined the Browns of Cleveland during the offseason and will compete in the quarter-back position leaving there.
Bradshaw burnt down the Steelers in May before the team signed Rodgers. He called a “joke” the possibility.
“I liked Kenny Pickett. I loved him in Pitt. I know him, I know what he looks like. And when they brought him to Pittsburgh, here is what they did,” said Bradshaw on a Arkansas radio program. “They did not protect him … They did not get him an offensive line. They wanted to direct football, but they had no offensive line that could protect, and they had no weapons. He had no great receivers to speak.
Cleveland Browns quarterrier, Kenny Pickett, during the Mini Camp at the CrossCountry Mortgage Campus in Berea, Ohio, June 12, 2025. (Ken Blaze-Imagn images)
“And then they throw a child in there for two years, and you have an offense that is not suitable and does not work, and they cannot run because their offensive line is not even good enough for a racing team. And so they say that Pickett was a failure. It was not a failure, the Steelers were a failure.”
