Kenny Pickett could be a top-10 QB in Year 2
b'More than a week before the Steelers host the San Francisco 49ers, some very prominent sports analysts in Pittsburgh are brimming with superlatives when it comes to QB Kenny Pickett and his sky-high potential in his sophomore season. One even used the word \\u201cunstoppable\\u201d when it comes to Pickett and this year\\u2019s offense under heretofore much-criticized coordinator Matt Canada. Unstoppable? The Steelers\\u2019 offense? We haven\\u2019t heard those words in the same sentence since the heydays of the Killer Bs: Big Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown and Le\\u2019Veon Bell. Much of this is based on a total of just\\xa015 passes Pickett threw in the preseason in three exhibition games against Tampa Bay, Buffalo, and Atlanta. But in the NFL, it\\u2019s all about the regular season.\\xa0If a young NFL QB can make it there, he can make it anywhere, so the Sinatra song goes. Yet, some Pittsburgh pundits aren\\u2019t waiting until Pickett\\u2019s passes fly for real. They\\u2019re declaring Pickett the real deal right now. Pittsburgh sports radio personality and Post-Gazette columnist Joe Starkey is projecting Pickett will take his place among the NFL\\u2019s top 10 QBs in his second year. Despite the 2022 Steelers averaging just 18.1 points per game, Starkey says Pickett is poised to win \\u201cshootouts\\u201d in the pass-happy, QB-loaded AFC. Not all of Pickett\\u2019s praise-givers are ready to go quite this far. Yet, the Pickett hype in Pittsburgh is unlike anything we\\u2019ve seen in many years heading into a Steelers\\u2019 season seemingly packed with promise and potential. We have more on Pickett and the Steelers\\u2019 offense, plus the impact of some surprising roster moves ahead of the regular season. It\\u2019s all in this can\\u2019t-wait-for-Week-1 edition of your Steelers Update podcast. And be sure to catch my full print column first thing every Thursday on PennLive. As always, it will be packed with plenty of memes bringing the latest, greatest Steelers debates to life \\u2013 and to laughs.\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'