Kenny Pickett will receive a fair opportunity to be the Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback in 2024.
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00:00 Is Kenny Pickett getting a fair shot right now? Like are we completely blown past Kenny Pickett
00:04 and any potential that he has and the possibility that he could turn out to be good? And you know,
00:09 do you look at Kenny Pickett and nobody's talking about does he deserve a third shot? He's 14 and 10
00:14 as a starter. Like, is it time to give up? Is it not time to give up? Like, I don't think that
00:20 question's really been tossed out there. I think it's all just one of the alternatives. When you
00:25 look at Kenny Pickett, when you look at everything that's going on right now, do you think Kenny's
00:29 kind of getting the fair hand in this? And do you look at him as a guy that maybe it is time
00:35 to just acknowledge he does deserve a third shot or does he not deserve a third shot?
00:40 I think Kenny's getting exactly what he deserves. I don't know, that sounds a little harsh. But like,
00:47 I think Kenny's going to go into training camp with as much of an opportunity as anyone
00:53 to play for this starting job. Like he was a first round draft pick. Like
00:58 they're showing some faith in him, showing some, I don't know what the exact word is,
01:04 but I think by sticking with them to a certain extent and giving them a chance, I mean,
01:08 the Steelers are just kind of reflecting that, look, he's one of our first round picks from
01:12 really recently. We're going to keep some confidence in him for a while. But I think
01:18 it's been pretty clear from the end of the season that this is kind of the last stand, you know?
01:25 This is kind of make or break for him. And I think that's completely fair. And I know like,
01:32 we are talking about the alternatives a lot more than we're talking about what kind of potential
01:37 Kenny has to be good this season. But I think that's because Kenny's the only quarterback
01:42 on the roster. They're going to get new guys pretty much no matter what, whether or not
01:46 Kenny ends up playing really well or not, or whether they believe Kenny will play well or not.
01:51 This is just what happens when you lose, well, you haven't lost two quarterbacks yet,
01:56 but you only have one under, like he literally only have one under contract for 2024. So you're
02:02 going to need someone, might as well bring in someone who can possibly give you starter reps,
02:07 who can possibly be a starter for you. So Kenny's just kind of a known commodity at this point.
02:12 And we're just kind of, no conversation you have about Kenny is going to be very fruitful until
02:18 August, until we actually see him take the field and we see him throw a little bit more. We see him
02:23 work in this new offense. It's just going to be a while before we can have a conversation
02:29 about Kenny that's new, or that we have some new data to work off of.