Film Study: How Kenny Pickett before getting injured for the Pittsburgh Steelers Vs the Cardinals

[@PatrickMcKinley-m2x]

Players are punished for fumbling, yet we have a center who can’t hike who continues to play. A receiver who dances in the end zone when he catches a touchdown, no connection other than it’s all about him. Tomlin just watches all of this unfold.

[@Mel-wz1pj]

At least Mason owned his poor play to everyone in Locker room after game.

[@charlescook2749]

@@Meneszoebro have you really never watched football? You don’t know what hiking the ball means? 😂

[@losauce521]

They have “SOME” talent, bro, frieremuth, Pickens, diontae, Warren, Harris, deep threat in Austin. We aren’t top 10 but we have plenty of talent

[@TonyVM775]

Frieremuth is top 10, Pickens is top 20, Deontae is top 30, Warren is top 20, Harris is top 20, Austin is top 75. We have some talent. Our guys are not as good as we think

[@losauce521]

@@TonyVM775 or maybe we just have awful qb play and o line play so we can’t let our playmakers shine. We finally started throwing fruermuth the ball last game and he had a monster game

[@TonyVM775]

@@losauce521 Or maybe we just aren’t as good as we thought. Our online is middle of the pack. Pickett is decent won’t ever be top 5 but bro has some of the worst offensive help. Players just don’t do anything to help him win.

[@ChuckwaldMartin]

Harris is not top 20, all he's good for is wearing down the d line. Austin being top 75 is just a random number lol, the o line and QB is where the problems lie.@@TonyVM775

[@Theonlymikewang]

Kp plays hard, he wins games. He leaves. This game went south fast. He’s the leader.

[@J_G_Music]

I wish more fans recognize this. I fully believe in Kenny. Does he have the best track record compared to some other rookies out there, no. But I do believe Canada was the problem. I also hate seeing that people say Tomlin needs to go as well. Last week against the bengals we looked like a different team and need to put the points up to prove it. I believe in Tomlin and I believe in Pickett.

[@joanfrench7393]

​@@J_G_Musictotally agree!!!

[@ChillJoe]

@@J_G_Musiccouldn’t have said it better we’ll bounce back

[@FishermanJustins]

100%

[@a1_genz]

Pickett is trash he's not my QB.

[@dad_churbin8112]

They were moving the ball for sure just couldn’t finish prior to the injury. 2nd half would’ve been a different story if he wasn’t injured

[@selaxlife7621]

Kenny gets scared to quick....he needs a Sherman tank in front of him for him to feel comfortable.

[@romanmendez9181]

I wonder why???? Cole is awful and so is Moore. 2 turnstiles at his most important O line Positions

[@selaxlife7621]

@romanmendez9181 BA HUMBUG! A LIL 300 LBS LINEBACKER RUNNING FULL SPEED NEVER HURT ANYONE! LMAO look at TJ watt...he wants to give everyone hugs! Lol

[@FishermanJustins]

KP played well before he got hurt... He doesn't get hurt, Steelers win that game.

[@RML23AF]

Before weather and KP goin down i thought the O was going to kill it. It all changed when the sky opened and the O line failed Kenny.

[@ericmeiselbach8629]

It doesn’t seem to matter how well Glass Ken plays. He’s gotten knocked out of 4-5 games in his very short career. If he can’t last a season, what good is he?

[@RoninGaijin]

Kenny is always getting hurt. It's sad. Need to get a better line around him. Better center for sure.

[@steventomasi5557]

I like that we got Pickett but we should have gone Linderbam in the first round but unfortunately he went to Baltimore I think we could have still got him in the 3rd round

[@masonthekid4260]

Yall can’t say it was pickett

[@skirock1]

it was he missed a wide open td then rean right into a defender

[@SneakySnake133]

@@skirock1he was 7-10 for 70 yards. Thats a fantastic stat line

[@itzsharkie-roar8970]

@@skirock1everyone misses a receiver ur just hating at this point 😂

[@billpace5848]

@@skirock1he is probably a bandwagon chiefs fan guys… Pickett played fine

[@gavincarr9681]

@@billpace5848he did idc this was all on coaches they went back to Canada way after that first drive and far ass defense the players failed us not the coaches in defense

[@wavy_prod6973]

kenny still has great potential he just has to learn how to read defenses and look downfield

[@benruthlessburger8905]

Time to learn ? lol

[@lesterromero2381]

@@benruthlessburger8905it’s literally only his 2nd year I mean Bradshaw took 5 years to become a good player

[@ebretonm]

@@lesterromero2381 Pickett, has to learn from bench side.

[@lesterromero2381]

@@ebretonm I mean now he has to hit at the same time who is gonna learn from? Mitch???

[@alexm2889]

@@lesterromero2381 it's really only his second game. all his time under canada only delayed his development.

[@niyidelano]

Kenny still needs to see the field well. There are multiple plays where he scrambled when he had a guy open. On the second drive for the Steelers, Najee is wide open but he chose to scramble for a few yards. If he gets the ball to Najee, he easily gets the first down, and the low snap/sack doesn't happen on the very next play. The same can be said for last week. If he throws a better ball to Dionte Johnson, the CB nevers gets a chance to strip it, and the fumble on the next play never happens. On the play where he got hurt, Calvin Austin motions as the ball gets snapped, and he is wide open, but again, he didn't even look there, and he scrambles and gets hurt. Yes, he is playing better than he was playing when Canada was the OC, but more is needed. He is leaving too many plays on the field. I truly hope the Steelers go into the 2024 to find a different Signal caller, even if it means the guy sits, but I am not a believer in Pickett. For a guy that played as much ball as he did in college, he is too inconsistent. Purdy was a 4 year starter, and he came in ready to ball. Meanwhile, Pickett has not thrown a TD pass since the Titan's game in week 9. That is bananas.

[@Nisfor372]

Thank you so much because I thought I was the only person who saw Harris wide open.You see other teams wide outs work back to the ball when the QB gets in trouble because the QB extends the play Pickett gives them no chance to. That may be the issue with the wide outs yelling about being open he doesn't see them.

[@reezee412]

All facts

[@jackjoseisanaudiot]

Yeah I was screaming at the TV. Najee was so wide open.

[@leo_2816]

the harris one is bad, the CA3 is not the read. He was open immediately but his first read was somewhere else, and if did end up throwing to ca3 after his first 2 reads, its 6 by the corner on a switch

[@jackjoseisanaudiot]

@@leo_2816 agreed. If he hits it right away it's a first down, if he hits it after the rollout, it's a pick 6

[@tony.bickert]

Once KP panics he seems to go blind because he either doesn’t see the open receiver or he runs into a sack. If he was a little quicker he might of reached the end zone today and I’m sure we would have won. But you can’t fix slow. This team is toast.

[@Theonlymikewang]

Twice he ran when guys were open. Austin in the end zone last drive. And Najee on that 2 and medium I think where kp ran from one. Kenny seems to run away from the play

[@williamhanley7031]

Well said. Total panic

[@CC-iu7sq]

@@TheonlymikewangLmao, nope.

[@CC-iu7sq]

Kenny played good. Steelers turned it over on the 1, and penalties cost them in the first half. Kenny made smart plays in his limited time, and he moved the ball down the field. The play calling I felt wasn’t great, but was still better. We still logged over 300 yards on the game, but again, no points.

[@tombosack6871]

​@@Theonlymikewangon😊Kl

[@Factsonly125]

In the redzone, Pickett missed open receivers. He also scrambled into a sack. Then again when there was open receivers, he scrambled and got knocked out of the game. The Cardinals are terrible, so as he should have, Pickett made some really good throws. But in the redzone, first rd picks need to get done. Unfortunately, when they had an opportunity to score 7, the same old Kenny Pickett showed up.

[@Monkey-Man21]

Kenny isn’t very good at close range for some reason, but makes perfect deep throws. It’s so weird how that happens. I wouldn’t complain if we put Mason in while we’re in the redzone and Kenny every other time

[@alanramos7464]

Fuck it… play Rudolph at this point

[@edc8909]

I'll give Kenny until the end of the season before I pass judgment but it now looks like he's destined to become a serviceable backup.

[@natoslayer2907]

Maybe if Tomlin actually brought good coaches in the building, but he recruits a bunch of bums who fit a certain profile and chases out all the competent coaches so he doesn't get outshined as a mediocre coach.

[@natoslayer2907]

They've given Tomlin 10 years of half ass rebuilding to prove he's mediocre. Maybe don't give up on the 25 year old 1st round pick and instead give up on the 50 year old coach who only succeeded with a team and coaching staff built for him by his predecessor.

[@Boblib1970]

You'll give him to the end of the season, but the Steelers are going to give him all of next season with a new coordinator. What you'll give him doesn't matter

[@kevinward6141]

Khan didn’t draft him and Andy was in Philly when they drafted hurts after trading for Weintz

[@jordandowney2839]

Maybe it’s time we start pointing some fingers at Mike Tomlin we ain’t been the same since we decided to not offer Andy Reid another contract back in 2012

[@kevinward6141]

When did Reid coach in Pittsburgh

[@datsko6339]

@@kevinward6141 never. buddy is trippin

[@battistimo]

He misses wide open guys constantly, especially over the middle.

[@plugcap2604]

Exactly lol

[@natoslayer2907]

Ben didn't miss open throws, but Ben did throw a lot more picks. Every player has pros and cons. It's the coaches job to make the most of them. The problem is Tomlin sets the standard of mediocrity.

[@Monkey-Man21]

But he doesn’t throw any picks. Better to punt or get a field goal than to give it to them on you’re own 35

[@emmanuelzanders1746]

@@Monkey-Man21u gotta play to win not to not lose the game

[@alexm2889]

finally some sense! everyone is ready to throw pickett to the wolves after 1.5 weeks with a real OC. He's playing well and the red zone issues are completely fixable. This fanbase rightly goes after tomlin and canada, and then wrongly goes after this QB that has been in one of the worst positions in football in our lifetimes for his development. It's a miracle canada and tomlin didn't break him completely.

[@Nisfor372]

Did you watch the Jacksonville vs Cincinnati game Monday night. The QB the Steelers made look bad in first start went 32 of 37 for 357 yards in his second start. Has Pickett passed for 300 yards in 24 starts. Pickett needs to perform and stop making excuses for him.

[@alexm2889]

@@Nisfor372he's had 2 weeks under a real OC. It took Josh Allen a year to find his rhythm. Peyton manning more. Just stop.

[@GameZone974]

​@@alexm2889fact's

[@Sha_GK_Kash]

Please show and speak on the play before the 3rd & 2 bad snap and sack? The play before that when Kenny had Najee Harris wide open right in front of his face and didn't dump it off to him, but instead he spinned around and scrambled out of bounds to make it 3rd & 2,smh, he was wide open for the first down and more.

[@514140mgk]

If fans and Tomlin could easily move on from Mason Rudolph after only 10 starts (16 TDs) Why does it take 25 starts (only 13 TDs) to move on from Kenny? I am guessing it just comes down to one was drafted in the 3rd round and one was drafted in the 1st round. Pickett was from Pitt. (hoping he was a Dan Marino)

[@alexm2889]

how does nobody understand what canada's impact on this team was? seriously....no context at all.

[@williamhanley7031]

I don't believe that was his real snap. Could he have been told to duck it up. Never can trust the NFL these days. He barely flung it out there.

[@RANS87IROCZ]

Scripted!

[@Justin_Watson23]

the first play, while it looks good, is blown coverage & if Kenny doesn't hitch and have a dogshit arm, that's a TD. I was stunned when Pickett was originally mocked 6th to CAR that year. I thought he was 5-6th rd qb & shocker, I was right.

[@mikemicksun6469]

Pickett has three problems.A weak arm. A weak body he is soft. A weak mind. Slow to process the game,

[@Monkey-Man21]

How is he soft? He played through a rib injury and shin injury. I would say he is more injury prone than soft

[@Panyc333]

Cole needs to do better or they need to find someone who is.

[@Theonlymikewang]

Bro is trash

[@sidj6745]

Pickett doesn't seem to be able to see the field. Game after game he focuses on the main target and if he's covered he seems confused. He also gets hurt far to much.

[@alexm2889]

that's completely untrue. go watch more breakdowns out there. Kurt warner put out a great one this past week on Kenny. He reads defenses well and makes good decisions and good throws. that's why he has so few INTs and has been moving the ball these past 2 weeks.

[@natoslayer2907]

Pickett isn't the problem. Is he great? No, but Ben wasn't great most of the time the years he won Super Bowls. Tomlin is just not as good with the basics as Bill Cowher was. Cowher only wom 1 super bowl, but he consistently built highly competitive teams that were contenders almost every year through the 90s and 2000s. The 2008 and most of the 2011 team were also Cowhers guys. Tomlin setting a standard of consistent mediocrity isn't something to be proud of. He's done irreparable damage to the mystique of the Steelers. The Steelers are now seen as crony 2nd rate organization that can't evolve. Tomlin doesn't recruit good coaches to run things. He probably doesn't want to be outshined. Steelers haven't had a top OC/DC or position coaches since the last time they went to the super bowl when Tomlin was still green.

[@jesseleblanc1199]

Cowher did build good teams but I can tell you this Cowher don't get his ring without Ben Roethlisberger and neither does Tomlin......them is facts

[@natoslayer2907]

@jesseleblanc1199 Ben was basically just a slightly better version of Pickett. He honestly has a better attitude than Ben. Ben was a jackass. Young Ben had a consistent run game to throw off of. The team was just way tougher than they are now. Every guy in Ben's Steelers had TJ Watt's Toughness and motor whether or not they were good and it made up for it. We had receivers willing to get knocked out by Ray Lewis just to make a catch over the middle. Pickens gets called tough, but he's just selfish and ghetto not actually a tough winner like Hines Ward. Our O line is soft as baby shit. They just look like big fat guys off the street got put on a field. Najee is big slow back and doesn't even run hard. While Bettis, Deuce, Parker, and even Mendenhall ran into every tackle like they wanted to send the LB to the emergency room. Our WRs are babies. Our coaches are idiots. Ben made more big plays, but he was also highly mistake prone and put the defense in bad positions that they bailed him out of. Pickett is just as clutch as Ben was when given a chance to be clutch. The team is just run so badly that the opportunities to be clutch are shadowed by horrible team organization. Ben had a way better team and way better coaches. Cowher emphasized Toughness over everything and drilled it into every player hardcore. Tomlin is all talk.

[@jesseleblanc1199]

Without Ben's Right arm and one of the most clutch tackling in league history the Steelers don't get out of Indianapolis Alive to continue that playoff run ....and Without that right arm again in that superbowl against the Cardinals that 90 yard drive don't happen not to mention his scrambling during that drive ......and to top it off had Mendenhall not fumbled the ball late against the Packers Roethlisberger was headed down field to take that superbowl away from Roger's and friends ......then we had the playoffs game against the Broncos when Manning was on his final season that Ben went into Denver Without AB and without L Bell and damn near won that game .....pay attention as Ben is a first Ballot hall of famer.....

[@natoslayer2907]

@jesseleblanc1199 he is, but a lot of it was circumstantial, and if Ben swapped places with Rivers he wouldn't have any rings. My point is if Kenny had Ben's teams and Ben's coaches he could absolutely achieve Ben's results. Just maybe in a different way.

[@albertoskrico9412]

@@natoslayer2907you have to be really stupid to believe those words you just said or flat out have never seen a full game from 2004. Big Ben was a special QB from his first start to his last. Kenny is not even on the same planet as an athlete as Ben.

[@battistimo]

Season is over for Pitt

[@natoslayer2907]

Especially if Pickett is out. Trubisky is total garbage. Better off playing Rudolph over him.

[@just_2swift]

Lets see Mason at this point

[@raymondrak961]

After more than 20 games, I wonder if Pickett is an NFL level quarterback. He's good but is he good enough. And there are other team issues that hinder Kenny's development. .

[@FarewellOrwell]

The title seems rushed lmao

[@biglo1719]

special title.

[@cecildavis1418]

Last week was a fluke

[@PatrickMcKinley-m2x]

Please get a quarterback. We have seen enough. Of all three of them. Don’t be arrogant. No special leadership in none. Fine somebody.

[@plugcap2604]

Post his bad plays tho, not these high school level plays lol

[@jamesmooney8933]

Kenny Pickett will survive and become a great QB.

[@robertromanski43]

It's nice to have a dream

[@jamesmooney8933]

@@robertromanski43 It is great to see A QB with heart

[@jasonhensley7455]

​@jamesmooney8933 Heart doesn't matter when the talent just isn't there. This ain't high school football

[@jamesmooney8933]

@@jasonhensley7455 Heart is what wins Super Bowls. Statistical QB never win like Dan Marino, Dan Foust, Jim Kelly, & Fran.

[@spencermadison]

@@jamesmooney8933 You forgot talent.

[@jesseleblanc1199]

Joe Flacco comes in cold with a strange new team and throws 2 touchdowns for the brows today.....if Flacco finishes the sean for the browns in 3 weeks he will eclipse our starting quarterbacks passing touchdowns numbers shortly.....look at all backup quarterbacks numbers that have been forced into action and compare the numbers to KP

[@Mel-wz1pj]

That's just it though.... hard to get good sample size on him when he's hurt throughout the season.

[@danapicray9040]

Too many times defense runs right through the O line without any problem

[@edc8909]

It doesn't help that we are crap In the red zone.

[@redneckrebel6246]

Last game I watched for a while. They are too hard to watch.

[@Sha_GK_Kash]

That play was definitely a missed opportunity, a for sure 1st down and more, he never reads the field, that's one of the biggest problems with Kenny Pickett, on the play that he got hurt he had Calvin Austin for the TD,but he never reads the field ,he stares down the primary WR only and if he's covered he throws the ball away instead of finding a 2nd option...all the time!

[@shinski8114]

TOMLIN HAS GOT TO GO!!!!!

[@HD-J.R.]

And replace him with? Got to have a plan before firing.

[@natoslayer2907]

Thats such a mediocre mentality of fear. You actually think they cant find someone better than Tomlin? They gave Tomlin 10 years of mediocrity with ZERO titles. You want another 10 years of mediocrity? He won a ring with a team and coaching staff built for him by his predecessor. Might as well try 10 different coaches the next 10 years. You might find one that can win a title with his own team that way.

[@mike2687]

@@HD-J.R. no you don't... Cole needs to go. I don't know what the draft class looks like nor am I familiar with the FA in 2024 but I still know talent exists. Same for coaches.

[@mike2687]

@@natoslayer2907 - Tomlin is simply too slow to react to ever expect him to lead another contender... started Green for 15 weeks before swapping him out for JC. Allowed Canada to be the OC despite obvious shortcomings. It's the NFL and everything happens fast.

[@Watchingsteelersispain]

Cut Cole

[@masonthekid4260]

Bc we all was bad

[@snotnosewilly99]

At the end of the 3rd quarter with the score Ariz 17 to Pitt 3 The Pitt Pig Iron fans were probably screening...bring back CANADA

[@darrenbarnhart6526]

We need to bring back duck to finish the season done with Mitch or let Mason play until we get duck back

[@JoeyCanoodles]

Oh yeah that’s just what we need, the legendary duck hodges choking us out of another playoff berth. Guy was a fuckin tool

[@knicktyson6187]

🤣🤣 you have to be joking.

[@natoslayer2907]

Trubisky is total garbage. Guaranteed losses with him under center

[@ralphgreenjr.2466]

We were blown out at home (Steelers -7) by a 2-10 team, now 3-10. Playoffs, playoffs, there ain't no stinkin playoffs for this embarrassment of a team. One good offense showing and back in the shitter. Patriots will be favored by 3 to beat us next week.

[@darrenfrench7366]

You seem fun 😬

[@jasonhensley7455]

​@@darrenfrench7366he's speaking facts tho

[@MarkoJaric107]

Pickett is the worst NFL player when it comes to failing to meet production expectations

[@paulwoodward237]

Picket is garbage most of the time hes a 1 td guy