Did the Philadelphia Eagles give QB Kenny Pickett a petty game ball after they beat the Pittsburgh Steelers? One wonders, but it matters not. Pickett was an irrelevance, a non-story in the game as the backup to Eagles QB Jalen Hurts.
Given his connection to Pittsburgh and to the Steelers in particular, however, Pickett wasn’t going to go completely anonymous. After the game, he did speak to Johnny McGonigal of PennLive about his first trip back to Pittsburgh since requesting a trade from the Steelers
“It was definitely a little weird”, Pickett admitted about facing the Steelers, who drafted him in the first round in 2020 with the 20th overall pick.