All signals throughout the offseason have been that the Pittsburgh Steelers were going with Mitch Trubisky as their starting quarterback. He is opening the season now as their captain and starter, so that all checks out. Yet there remains a perception that he’s just warming the seat for rookie Kenny Pickett, and that at some point during the year, he will give way to the first-round pick.
Apparently, head coach Mike Tomlin told Jay Glazer earlier today on FOX NFL Sunday that the plan is for Pickett to sit for the entirety of his rookie season and learn, that there will be no succession during the year, and that this is Trubisky’s team for the 2022 season:
There are a lot of teams with new quarterbacks, and one of those teams is the Pittsburgh Steelers.