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Kovacevic: Tomlin's coy about his 'crawling' QB battle, but it's Trubisky

LATROBE, Pa. -- The moment Mitch Trubisky's fingertips felt the football's laces at 2:36 p.m. on this wonky-weathered Wednesday at Saint Vincent College, not another syllable needed to be spoken on the scene's center-stage subject: He'll be the Steelers' quarterback, at least to start the 2022 season.

Now, never mind that his first pass of the first practice of training camp sailed well behind Najee Harris.

Or that his second pass sunk too low for Chase Claypool.

Or that one especially loud fan in the bleachers alongside Chuck Noll Field had already seen enough and barked out, "GET PICKETT IN THERE!