Kenny Pickett tab tom pib Qhia Nws yog Franchise Quarterback

Tej zaum nws yuav siv sij hawm me ntsis, tab sis Pittsburgh Steelers rookie Kenny Pickett tab tom pib qhia nws yog franchise quarterback tom qab tag nrho.

Tus 24-xyoo-laus tus kab mob tsis txaus ntseeg nyob rau hauv Steelers '24-17 yeej tshaj Indianapolis Colts - 20-ntawm-28 rau 174 yards thiab xoom touchdowns - tab sis nws lub siab thiab lub peev xwm los tswj qhov kev ua si yog qhov tseem ceeb heev. hauv pab neeg tuaj-los-tom qab yeej.

Pickett orchestrated lub game-winning touchdown tsav ntawm 9: 55 cim ntawm lub quarter thib plaub tam sim ntawd tom qab Colts coj 17-16 tus thawj coj hla Steelers lig hauv peb lub hlis twg.

Thaum lub sij hawm 11-ua si, 75-yard tsav, Pickett tau ua ntau qhov kev cuam tshuam, suav nrog 13-yard dhau mus rau George Pickens ntawm kev hloov pauv thib 3-thiab-9 thiab 17-yard dhau mus rau qhov kawg Pat Freiermuth ntawm 3rd. -thiab-6 ntawm Colts '20-yard kab.

Txhawm rau sab saum toj nws tag nrho, nws yog Pickett kev coj noj coj ua thiab IQ uas ua rau Pittsburgh qhov kev sib tw khiav ntawm qhov kawg ntawm kev tsav, raws li Steelers center Mason Cole tau taw qhia tom qab qhov kev ua si.

ntawm Michael David Smith ntawm NBC Sports:

"Qhov kev sib tw peb tau qhab nia, Kenny hu nws. Peb tau nyob rau lub sijhawm, thiab Kenny hais tias, 'Kuv xav khiav qhov no,' "Cole hais. "Yuav kom pom qhov kev ntseeg siab, ntawm qhov thib peb-thiab-2 ntawm lub hom phiaj kab, yog qhov loj. Zoo saib, zoo siab tau pom. Nws yeej pom tias nws yog leej twg ua tus thawj coj, cov lus txib nws muaj nyob hauv thaj teb. "

Pickett tau hais txog nws lub peev xwm hu ua kev ua si txawm tias nws yog ib tus neeg tshiab lub quarterback.

"Peb muaj kev sib txuas lus qhib zoo," Pickett hais. "Qhov ntawd yog qhov kev ua si uas kuv tau coj los, Kuv muaj kev ntseeg siab tiag tiag rau nws, lawv zoo siab rau nws thiab yog li peb tau nrog nws."

Thawj xyoo quarterback tsis tau dazzled nrog nws cov txheeb cais tom qab tau los ua tus pib hauv Lub Limtiam 5 tawm tsam Buffalo Bills. Pickett tiag tiag tsuas muaj peb qhov kev sib tw dhau los piv rau yim qhov kev cuam tshuam rau 73.5 tus neeg hla kev ntsuas thiab 46.1 QB ntsuas. Nws tus naj npawb ntawm touchdowns nyob qib 35 hauv pab koomtes, nws qhov kev cuam tshuam (3.0%) yog qhov thib plaub-siab tshaj plaws hauv NFL thiab nws qhov kev ntsuas QB yog 24th.

Tab sis nws txoj kev txhim kho txhua lub lim tiam tsis tuaj yeem tsis pom.

Nyob rau hauv peb qhov kev ua si dhau los, Pickett muaj xoom turnovers thiab qhov kev ua txhaum muaj qhov nruab nrab 24.6 ntsiab lus rau ib qho kev ua si tom qab qhov nruab nrab tsuas yog 11.5 cov ntsiab lus ntawm ib qho kev ua si thaum nws thawj plaub pib. Rau kev xav, uas 24.6 point-per-game nruab nrab yuav nyob rau saum 10 ntawm txhua pab pawg lub caij no.

Thiab thaum nws tsis yog tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm daim ntawv teev npe, nws tau qhia tias nws muaj peev xwm ua tau ntau tshaj li qhov muaj peev xwm ntawm kev ua lag luam franchise hauv pab pawg uas muaj cov tub ntxhais hluas muaj peev xwm ua phem.

Pickett lub peev xwm txav thiab txuas ntxiv ua si nrog nws ob txhais ceg - nws 24.4 rushing yards ib game qeb thib cuaj hauv cov pab koomtes ntawm cov quarterbacks - tau ua qhov tseem ceeb rau txoj kab kev tawm tsam uas tsis yog cov neeg tseem ceeb.

Ntawm no yog ib qho kev ua si uas qhia txog nws lub peev xwm los tsim cov kev ua si dhau los ntawm kev nthuav lawv nrog nws ob txhais ceg thaum txoj kab tawm tsam tawg.

Pickett yuav tsis yog Lamar Jackson lossis Joe Burrow, tab sis nws tau piav qhia vim li cas Steelers tau ua rau nws xaiv thawj zaug.

"Nws muaj cov tub rog zoo li ntawd, zoo li nws tsuas yog tsom rau laser thiab nws tsis muaj kev xav, uas yog qhov zoo vim tias tsis muaj qhov siab thiab qis nrog nws," said Tony Racioppi, Pickett tus kws qhia lub quarterbacks ntev, ntawm ESPN's Brooke Pryor. "Nws tsuas yog tsom mus rau txoj haujlwm thiab lub hom phiaj uas tsis muaj dab tsi cuam tshuam nws, koj paub, zoo lossis phem. Qhov ntawd yog vim li cas nws yuav yog tus kws tshaj lij rau lub sijhawm ntev. "

Nrog Pickett txuas ntxiv loj hlob nrog txhua lub lim tiam dhau los, Pittsburgh tuaj yeem yooj yim nkag mus rau xyoo tom ntej tsab ntawv tsis muaj kev txhawj xeeb txog kev sau ib lub quarterback. Daim ntawv 2023 NFL yog ntau ntxiv nrog lub peev xwm quarterback - ntau npaum li peb lub quarterbacks tuaj yeem tsim nyob rau hauv tsib qhov kev xaiv saum toj kawg nkaus - dua li Pickett chav kawm, qhov twg lub quarterback thib ob (Malik Willis) tsis raug coj mus txog qhov thib peb.

Cov Steelers tau kos npe rau Mitch Trubisky kom nkag mus rau 2022 lub caij ua lub quarterback, muab nws ob xyoos, $ 14 lab daim ntawv cog lus. Trubisky tuav lub peev nyiaj ntau dua $ 10.6 lab rau xyoo tom ntej, tus cuaj-loj tshaj cap ntaus ntawm txhua tus neeg ua si ntawm pab neeg rau lub caij 2023.

Pickett txoj kev loj hlob tso cai rau Pittsburgh ua lag luam Trubisky, txuag $ 8 lab rau cov nyiaj hli cap thiab txav mus tom ntej nrog cov tub ntxhais hluas thaum lub quarterback nkag mus rau 2023 lub caij.

Pittsburgh tej zaum yuav yog lub hom phiaj rau lub caij tsis ua si. Thaum 4-7, nws kuj tseem muaj feem ntau lawv raug kev poob lub caij nyoog thawj zaug txij li Mike Tomlin coj rov qab rau xyoo 2007.

Txawm li cas los xij, cov kiv cua Steelers tau pib pom qhov laj thawj vim li cas franchise ntseeg Pickett los ua nws lub quarterback hauv lub sijhawm tom qab Ben Roethlisberger.

Raws li Pickett kaw nws lub caij rookie hauv Pittsburgh, tsis txhob xav tsis thoob yog tias Steelers rov qab mus rau hauv daim ntawv raws li kev sib tw playoff nkag mus rau nws lub caij sophomore xyoo tom ntej.