Steelers give crucial offseason review of Kenny Pickett
Can he take the next step in his 2nd season?
The Football Feed
The Pittsburgh Steelers appear to have found their starting quarterback for the 2023 NFL season. As you may remember, the starter's role wasn't guaranteed, as the trio of Kenny Pickett, Mason Rudolph and Mitchell Trubisky all entered training camp vying for the position. And while it was Trubisky who initially started things off for the 2022 season, he would eventually be replaced by Pickett.
Right now, it's Pickett's job to lose. And he's taking his job seriously, putting in the hard work this offseason in order to ensure that he can enter training camp in the best possible shape later this year. And according to one particularly shining review from his private quarterback coach Tony Racioppi, he's doing all of that successfully and more.
"I think his arm's gotten stronger," he told Chris Mack, Colin Dunlap, and Dorin Dickerson on 93.7 The Fan earlier this week, “between the rotational power stuff that the University of Pittsburgh guys gave him, from a weight room standpoint, and from a fundamental standpoint. There’s more velocity on the ball and he’s throwing the ball deeper better, and those were two goals”.
Pickett's play in 2022 earned him the Joe Greene Great Performance Award, which is awarded annually by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Pro Football Writers of America to the team’s standout rookie player. And he's going to be aiming for bigger and better things in 2023!
