Voted an offensive captain for the 2023 season, it appeared as though Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett was truly ascending as that leader needed offensively on a unit that remains one of the youngest in football.
Even though Pickett was just a second-year guy at the time, the move to vote him a team captain appeared as though the leadership ascension was complete, that the offense was Pickett’s now and well into the future.
That wasn’t the case as the season played out.
Pickett struggled and seemingly lost some belief from members of the offense.