2022 May Short-Term/Long-Term Rookie Rankings (Preview)
John Cooney - 5/12/2022
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1.Kenny Pickett (PIT)
Pittsburgh was all-in on QB Kenny Pickett early on. Coach Mike Tomlin and outgoing GM Kevin Colbert had intimate knowledge of Pickett’s on-field abilities and his perceived limitations and confidently used the 20th overall pick on the QB. The luxury is he does not need to start as a rookie, able to learn from the sidelines watching free agent addition Mitchell Trubisky perform. However, listen to Coach Tomlin speak and we get the idea he and the staff feel Pickett is pro-ready now and will challenge Trubisky for lead snaps. Kenny Pickett checks a majority of the required boxes as a potential starting QB in the NFL. Pickett has perfect size at 6’3-217, spins a pretty fair ball at above average velocity and is effectively mobile. He’s appeared in 52 games for the Pitt Panthers, though he enjoyed just 1 noteworthy year of production (last...
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