Pickett To Eagles

[SteelerOfDeVille]

Agreed. I mean, I can?t fault our FO for bringing in Russ for a dollar and some change but Kenny lost his job to injury and only had 1.5 games without Canada. The. he is said to be QB1 with competition and finds out about Russ on IG and is now told he is QB2.

Damn right I want traded. They are treating him like Rudolph. No way I would stick with an organization who just lied to me.

Things change so I don?t blame our FO for grabbing Russ but if this is how you do it.. I?ll find another team to be a backup on.

Now we have Russ and who else? We screwed this up if Russ doesn?t knock it out the park. Guess we are now drafting Penix or.. gulp, Nix or JJ??? Maybe we gamble this year and draft a QB next year in the first?

If it works Khan is a genius. If not, oh boy?

If I'm Coach/GM: Y'all are QB1 and QB1a - I won't say who's who until after camp.

[feltdizz]

Again, according to at least a couple of reporters at this point Tomlin told KP that he was the starter or would be competing for the starting position and then after Wilson was signed he was told something different, ie, he would not be competing for the starting position. KP might have a bad attitude but in this case he was essentially misled, he clearly wants to start, he wasn't going to start in Pittsburgh. I don't know how anyone can defend how this team has handled KP since being drafted, just a complete disaster.

Agreed. I mean, I can?t fault our FO for bringing in Russ for a dollar and some change but Kenny lost his job to injury and only had 1.5 games without Canada. The. he is said to be QB1 with competition and finds out about Russ on IG and is now told he is QB2.

Damn right I want traded. They are treating him like Rudolph. No way I would stick with an organization who just lied to me.

Things change so I don?t blame our FO for grabbing Russ but if this is how you do it.. I?ll find another team to be a backup on.

Now we have Russ and who else? We screwed this up if Russ doesn?t knock it out the park. Guess we are now drafting Penix or.. gulp, Nix or JJ??? Maybe we gamble this year and draft a QB next year in the first?

If it works Khan is a genius. If not, oh boy?

[SteelerOfDeVille]

We won't find out what really happened to K Pickett. But the way it went down I'm assuming it happened this way.

1. Kenny was moping when Mason played against the Bengals.
2. He did refuse to suit up against the Seahawks.
3. The season ends Art II expressed 1st doubt about Kenny. Good QB play from Rudolph proves quality of offense.
4. Team expresses positives about Kenny.
5. Rudolph moves on and brings in R Wilson. Wilson is old .
6. Kenny gets mad and throws a fit. He probably finds out about all the backdoor recruiting of Wilson by his teammates. Kenny says something stupid and childless to Omar or Mike T.
7. Enough is enough, the Steelers trade him for a " ham sandwich".

Conclusion: Kenny should have sucked it up and vowed to comeback and show he could compete with Mason and then Russell. He showed no guts. He comes across as a high school "Harry". Don't let the door hit you in the A**.

this...

Even Mrs DeVille said last night, "so he has a problem with competition? The we don't need him! He should be like bring it on old man, and if he's not, he's too soft to lead THIS team!"

[SteelerOfDeVille]

dumb question (i'm about to drop this in 2 threads in hopes it is seen)

My big resistance on getting Fields is that 5th year option. But, is it possible to trade for him and get him to sign an extension with roster bonuses... i.e., look like a deal he'd want, but give the team a chance to feel him out on the cheap?

[NorthCoast]

We won't find out what really happened to K Pickett. But the way it went down I'm assuming it happened this way.

1. Kenny was moping when Mason played against the Bengals.
2. He did refuse to suit up against the Seahawks.
3. The season ends Art II expressed 1st doubt about Kenny. Good QB play from Rudolph proves quality of offense.
4. Team expresses positives about Kenny.
5. Rudolph moves on and brings in R Wilson. Wilson is old .
6. Kenny gets mad and throws a fit. He probably finds out about all the backdoor recruiting of Wilson by his teammates. Kenny says something stupid and childless to Omar or Mike T.
7. Enough is enough, the Steelers trade him for a " ham sandwich".

Conclusion: Kenny should have sucked it up and vowed to comeback and show he could compete with Mason and then Russell. He showed no guts. He comes across as a high school "Harry". Don't let the door hit you in the A**.

I guess the other thing I would add is if Pickett caught wind of his teammates supposedly lobbying hard for Wilson to sign with the Steelers I am sure that was another blow to his ego and a sign that it was time to go. Reportedly Cam and a few others lobbied Wilson hard. Wouldn't surprise me if this was true. After all, Cam's window is about the same as Wilson's.

[NorthCoast]

Yeah, I don't think it went down exactly like that and agree that we may never know the full story.

But it does seem apparent that Kenny lost the support of the team and that's the most surprising thing for me. Part of that may be that we had some head-cases on the team. And part of it may be that Kenny is a bit of a head-case himself.

I'm disappointed with how things went with Kenny. I have to admit, I became a bit of a homer and KP8 fan after we drafted him. I'm a Pitt alum and it just felt like a perfect story and he seemed like a generally great kid. But I do feel some sense of relief that we've cleaned the slate. I really couldn't take much more of this utterly pathetic offense. There was a LOT of blame to go around and just about anyone you could point a finger at, is gone. Other than Tomlin.

There's really no place to go, other than up, for this offense.

That QB class ended up pretty much as the experts said... it was dooky top to bot...er, almost bottom. Leave it the Niners to find the gem. But that was mostly luck. There was a good writeup about the number of QBs Shanahan has burned through in his tenure just to find the next SB winner. This is the new NFL guys. If you don't show something early then teams are not gonna sit on their hands.

[Eich]

I think that is at least 50% accurate. The most importnat factor seems to be Pickett lost the support of his teammates. Why? We may never know.

Yeah, I don't think it went down exactly like that and agree that we may never know the full story.

But it does seem apparent that Kenny lost the support of the team and that's the most surprising thing for me. Part of that may be that we had some head-cases on the team. And part of it may be that Kenny is a bit of a head-case himself.

I'm disappointed with how things went with Kenny. I have to admit, I became a bit of a homer and KP8 fan after we drafted him. I'm a Pitt alum and it just felt like a perfect story and he seemed like a generally great kid. But I do feel some sense of relief that we've cleaned the slate. I really couldn't take much more of this utterly pathetic offense. There was a LOT of blame to go around and just about anyone you could point a finger at, is gone. Other than Tomlin.

There's really no place to go, other than up, for this offense.

[Oviedo]

We won't find out what really happened to K Pickett. But the way it went down I'm assuming it happened this way.

1. Kenny was moping when Mason played against the Bengals.
2. He did refuse to suit up against the Seahawks.
3. The season ends Art II expressed 1st doubt about Kenny. Good QB play from Rudolph proves quality of offense.
4. Team expresses positives about Kenny.
5. Rudolph moves on and brings in R Wilson. Wilson is old .
6. Kenny gets mad and throws a fit. He probably finds out about all the backdoor recruiting of Wilson by his teammates. Kenny says something stupid and childless to Omar or Mike T.
7. Enough is enough, the Steelers trade him for a " ham sandwich".

Conclusion: Kenny should have sucked it up and vowed to comeback and show he could compete with Mason and then Russell. He showed no guts. He comes across as a high school "Harry". Don't let the door hit you in the A**.

I think that is at least 50% accurate. The most important factor seems to be Pickett lost the support of his teammates. Why? We may never know.

The loss of support among teammates is the most troubling part of this and is similar to what we heard about Josh Rosen.

[Northern_Blitz]

We won't find out what really happened to K Pickett. But the way it went down I'm assuming it happened this way.

1. Kenny was moping when Mason played against the Bengals.
2. He did refuse to suit up against the Seahawks.
3. The season ends Art II expressed 1st doubt about Kenny. Good QB play from Rudolph proves quality of offense.
4. Team expresses positives about Kenny.
5. Rudolph moves on and brings in R Wilson. Wilson is old .
6. Kenny gets mad and throws a fit. He probably finds out about all the backdoor recruiting of Wilson by his teammates. Kenny says something stupid and childless to Omar or Mike T.
7. Enough is enough, the Steelers trade him for a " ham sandwich".

Conclusion: Kenny should have sucked it up and vowed to comeback and show he could compete with Mason and then Russell. He showed no guts. He comes across as a high school "Harry". Don't let the door hit you in the A**.

I think this is about right.

But maybe we would have traded him either way.

Bringing in Wilson so Kenny doesn't play in year 3 meant they didn't think he's a starter anymore IMO. And it essentially ended his possibility of getting the option. And probably for qualifying for even the playing time tier of the option (just basic).

Maybe if he stuck around, he could be a bridge to what comes after Wilson (if he only stays for 1 year). But we'd go get other Qbs to compete then too. And with only what we saw on the field, I don't think Kenny wins a QB competition that isn't set up for him to win.

[WindyCitySteel]

Sounds about right to me. By his thinking, somehow he thought he deserved the No. 1 spot even over a seasoned veteran.

And this for a good laugh (wait for the last line, it's LOL!)

That clip is great.

Pickett thought he deserved what Tomlin told the world after the season. He's the latest in a long line of hostages who were lied to about playing time and asked to be traded or let go.

[NorthCoast]

We won't find out what really happened to K Pickett. But the way it went down I'm assuming it happened this way.

1. Kenny was moping when Mason played against the Bengals.
2. He did refuse to suit up against the Seahawks.
3. The season ends Art II expressed 1st doubt about Kenny. Good QB play from Rudolph proves quality of offense.
4. Team expresses positives about Kenny.
5. Rudolph moves on and brings in R Wilson. Wilson is old .
6. Kenny gets mad and throws a fit. He probably finds out about all the backdoor recruiting of Wilson by his teammates. Kenny says something stupid and childless to Omar or Mike T.
7. Enough is enough, the Steelers trade him for a " ham sandwich".

Conclusion: Kenny should have sucked it up and vowed to comeback and show he could compete with Mason and then Russell. He showed no guts. He comes across as a high school "Harry". Don't let the door hit you in the A**.

Sounds about right to me. By his thinking, somehow he thought he deserved the No. 1 spot even over a seasoned veteran.

And this for a good laugh (wait for the last line, it's LOL!)

[hawaiiansteel]

We won't find out what really happened to K Pickett. But the way it went down I'm assuming it happened this way.

1. Kenny was moping when Mason played against the Bengals.
2. He did refuse to suit up against the Seahawks.
3. The season ends Art II expressed 1st doubt about Kenny. Good QB play from Rudolph proves quality of offense.
4. Team expresses positives about Kenny.
5. Rudolph moves on and brings in R Wilson. Wilson is old .
6. Kenny gets mad and throws a fit. He probably finds out about all the backdoor recruiting of Wilson by his teammates. Kenny says something stupid and childless to Omar or Mike T.
7. Enough is enough, the Steelers trade him for a " ham sandwich".

Conclusion: Kenny should have sucked it up and vowed to comeback and show he could compete with Mason and then Russell. He showed no guts. He comes across as a high school "Harry". Don't let the door hit you in the A**.

good summation.

["BuzzNuter"]

We won't find out what really happened to K Pickett. But the way it went down I'm assuming it happened this way.

1. Kenny was moping when Mason played against the Bengals.
2. He did refuse to suit up against the Seahawks.
3. The season ends Art II expressed 1st doubt about Kenny. Good QB play from Rudolph proves quality of offense.
4. Team expresses positives about Kenny.
5. Rudolph moves on and brings in R Wilson. Wilson is old .
6. Kenny gets mad and throws a fit. He probably finds out about all the backdoor recruiting of Wilson by his teammates. Kenny says something stupid and childless to Omar or Mike T.
7. Enough is enough, the Steelers trade him for a " ham sandwich".

Conclusion: Kenny should have sucked it up and vowed to comeback and show he could compete with Mason and then Russell. He showed no guts. He comes across as a high school "Harry". Don't let the door hit you in the A**.

[LPMAN]

Yes, which is what I said in that post essentially.

And as much as I like Wilson I have doubts it was the right move since, in the end, it came at the cost of the team's first round pick. Basically the team is banking on an over the hill (but once great) QB vs. a 3rd year QB who hasn't been very productive but with the giant caveat it was entirely under Canada. It's a shame we'll never know if KP could've been the answer.

And the elephant in the room is this team is very, very likely not a SB team with or without Wilson next season so I'm not sure what the team is doing here honestly but what's done is done.

Kenny got injured a lot. You can’t just bring in subpar qbs to surround him with so it doesn’t hurt his feelings. And really Kenny might only have been a first round pick because we were desperate and reached. He might have gone in the third round like Willis if we pass. Pickett has a big diva attitude for having one of the nfl records lowest td% ever at 1.8% . Good riddance noodle arm.

[T.Ferguson]

After Wilson signed for peanuts it WAS different. Plans changed. Like I said before, what better a fake competition?

THEY TOLD HIM THE TRUTH when they told him they signed Russell to start days after he was signed.

Yes, which is what I said in that post essentially.

And as much as I like Wilson I have doubts it was the right move since, in the end, it came at the cost of the team's first round pick. Basically the team is banking on an over the hill (but once great) QB vs. a 3rd year QB who hasn't been very productive but with the giant caveat it was entirely under Canada. It's a shame we'll never know if KP could've been the answer.

And the elephant in the room is this team is very, very likely not a SB team with or without Wilson next season so I'm not sure what the team is doing here honestly but what's done is done.