Steelers tshwm sim xaiv QB Kenny Pickett Hauv 2022 NFL Draft

Nws zoo li Pittsburgh Steelers yuav raug muag ntawm ib lub quarterback zeem muag hauv 2022 NFL Draft.

Raws li peb tau los ze zog nrog cov cua ntsawj ntshab tsawg tshaj li ib lub lim tiam, nws tsis muaj qhov zais cia uas Steelers tab tom nrhiav lawv cov franchise quarterback tom ntej. Tom qab so haujlwm ntawm Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh yuav tab tom nrhiav lub quarterback tshiab thawj zaug hauv 19 xyoo.

Raws li ib tus kws tshuaj ntsuam xyuas qhov tseem ceeb, nws zoo li Steelers tau pom tus txiv neej ntawd. Raws li ESPN's Matt Miller, Pittsburgh tsuas yog muag ntawm ib lub quarterback tawm ntawm qhov kev cia siab saum toj kawg nkaus thiab nws yog cov khoom hauv nroog Kenny Pickett.

"Nws yuav tsuas yog lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav-lub caij ua pa luam yeeb, tab sis muaj kev sib tham ntau txog Steelers tsis raug muag ntawm quarterbacks lwm yam dua li Pitt's Kenny Pickett hauv chav kawm no, ”Miller hais. "Cov Steelers nto moo tuaj koom ob peb hnub pro thiab muaj lub quarterbacks saum toj kawg nkaus ntawm lawv lub radar lub caij so no, tab sis cov lus xaiv tswj hwm cov kab ntawv hauv lub lim tiam no muaj peev xwm Pittsburgh tuaj yeem tawm tsam kev tawm tsam hauv Round 1 yog Pickett tsis muaj. "

Raws li tau sau tseg los ntawm Miller, ib lub hauv paus pab koomtes tau hais rau nws tias University of Pittsburgh quarterback raug xaiv los ntawm Steelers ntawm No. 20 yog tib qhov Round 1 quarterback nws tau twv rau.

"Kuv tsis paub meej," Miller hais. "Raws li cov cua ntsawj ntshab ze, lub zog uas tau swung Kenny Pickett (Pitt) thiab Malik Willis (Kev ywj pheej) rau ntawm pawg thawj coj zoo li yuav rov qab mus rau lwm txoj kev. Hauv kev sib tham nrog cov pab koomtes hauv lub lim tiam no, ib tus tau hais rau kuv tias Pickett rau Steelers ntawm No. 20 yog tib qhov Round 1 quarterback uas nws yuav twv. "

Txawm hais tias nws yuav zoo heev yog qhov ntsuas pa luam yeeb los ntawm Steelers, lub tswv yim ntawm lawv nyiam Pickett tsis yog qhov xav tsis thoob. Ntau tus xav tias Pickett yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws haum rau Pittsburgh vim nws lub peev xwm ua kis las saum toj no thiab nws txoj kev xav kom muaj peev xwm ua tiav kev hla thaum khiav.

Ntau tus neeg soj ntsuam tau tsom mus rau qee qhov ntawm Pickett qhov tsis zoo - nws txhais tes me me ntawm 8 1/2 ntiv tes thiab nws tsis muaj high-end qab nthab ntawm lwm yam prospects xws li Liberty's Malik Willis - tab sis nws yuav yog tus npaj siab tshaj plaws ntawm qhov kev cia siab rau lub quarterback loj (Willis, Matt Corral, Desmond Ridder thiab Sam Howell).

NFL Network tus kws tshuaj ntsuam xyuas Daniel Jeremiah tau sau tseg Pickett lub peev xwm los ua kom tiav kev hla dhau ntawm kev khiav - ib yam dab tsi uas yuav los ua ke tom qab Steelers 'kev tawm tsam tsis zoo - yog qhov ua rau nws sib nrug los ntawm lwm qhov kev cia siab.

Thaum lub rooj sib tham xov xwm tau tuav ua ntej lub lim tiam, Yelemis hu ua Pickett "qhov haum tshaj" rau Pittsburgh.

Jeremiah hais tias Pickett hais tias "Muaj tseeb ib tug neeg uas lawv yuav paub me ntsis. “Nws yog kuv tus lej 1 quarterback. Kuv twb zoo daig nrog nws los ntawm tag nrho cov txheej txheem. Yog tias nws nyob ntawm kuv, saib ntawm pab pawg ntawd thiab haum zoo tshaj plaws, Kuv yeej yuav zaum ntawm Kenny Pickett. "

Cov Steelers tso siab rau txoj kev npaj ua si nrawm nrog Roethlisberger kom tsis txhob cuam tshuam lawv qhov tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam zoo. Raws li Pro Football Focus, Pittsburgh tso tawm 68.3 pass-blocking qib Lub caij dhau los, qeb duas 15th ntawm txhua pab pawg hauv pab koomtes.

Muaj lub quarterback mobile - Pickett's 4.67 40-yard-dash lub sij hawm yog qhov thib peb-siab tshaj plaws ntawm ib qho kev cia siab ntawm QB, tom qab Ridder thiab EJ Pery - uas tuaj yeem ua si ntev yuav tsuas ua qhov xav tsis thoob rau Steelers kev ua txhaum uas muaj peev xwm nthuav dav hauv Diontae Johnson thiab Chase Claypool.

Pickett - leej twg yuav muaj hnub nyoog 24 xyoo thaum lub caij pib - tuaj yeem ua tau tiag tiag los ntawm Steelers 'pib quarterback hauv Lub Limtiam 1. Pittsburgh ntsib ib qho teeb meem QB tshaj plaws ntawm txhua pab pawg sib tw hauv pab koomtes, nrog Mitch Trubisky thiab Mason Rudolph. suav tias yog lub quarterbacks saum toj kawg nkaus ntawm daim ntawv qhia tob.

Ob tus neeg ua si tsis tau ua haujlwm pib thaum lub caij 2021. Tsis tas li ntawd, ob lub quarterbacks tau raug tshem tawm los yog txav mus los ntawm vim kev poob siab stints li pib quarterbacks.

Ntxiv dua thiab, Steelers tuaj yeem siv qhov no los ua ib qho kev ua haujlwm los ua cov pab pawg ntseeg tias lawv mus rau hauv cov kev taw qhia nrog lawv cov phiaj xwm quarterback.

Tab sis qhov tseeb hais tias, Pickett yog qhov "zoo tshaj plaws" rau Pittsburgh thaum lawv tab tom nrhiav kev sib cav tam sim ntawd tom qab Roethlisberger era.