From the moment rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett entered the lineup in last Sunday’s loss to the Jets, there seemed to be a pulsating energy, not only surrounding the team, but inside Acrisure Stadium. The team’s first-round pick, the presumed heir to the vacated throne left by Ben Roethlisberger was finally entering the lineup to replace an ineffective Mitch Trubisky. In doing so, he etched his name into the record books, as the only QB in his first career game to run for multiple touchdowns, as he ran for two on the day.
Pickett has been on-record recently stating that he likes contact, having played defense from an early age, while also growing up with a father in Ken Pickett whose play at linebacker etched his name in the Hall Of Fame at Division II Shippensburg in Pennsylvania, where he also holds the school’s career tackles record.