the team traded 2022 first-round pick Kenny Pickett to the Philadelphia Eagles, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday.
The Steelers will receive a 2024 third-round pick (No. 98) and two 2025 seventh-round picks in exchange for Pickett and a 2024 fourth-round pick (No. 120), sources told Schefter.
The eagles needed a backup, but I agree that I’m not seeing the value in this deal for them.
Is Pickett really that bad? I don’t really follow the Steelers, so maybe my impression isn’t accurate, but it seemed to me that even though he wasn’t franchise QB material, he didn’t seem like a complete disaster. I thought Matt Canada was more of a problem than Pickett was…
He’s a good game manager type QB for college but backup duty at most in the NFL. Giving 3rd round pick for a backup QB is mighty high price. They could have picked up a QB with that 3rd. Canada is a problem for sure but Pickett contributed to it. Steelers need to replace their QB scouts. Spent a 1st round on that guy!
Pickett(6 TD) had less TD’s last year than rookieTommy Devito(8 TD), who played 9 games for the Giants.
Source: Kenny Pickett: https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/kenny-pickett-td-in-2023
Tommy Devito: https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/tommy-devito-td
Howie is an amazing GM, and almost all of his moves have had the magic touch to it, but this one puzzles me. Maybe he knows something we don’t.