Ah, there’s nothing like dissecting May ‘football-like activities’, as head coach Mike Tomlin would say. And the task of doing the dissection at this time of year falls squarely upon the shoulders of those who have access to the field and the opportunity to write about what they see—the beat writers.
You’re going to be seeing, if you haven’t already, a series of lists of ‘winners and losers’ emerging from the past few weeks of practices for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Athletic recently put one up for the quarterback position, with Mark Kaboly concluding that Mitch Trubisky and Mason Rudolph were the two ‘winners’ of the position—and rookie Kenny Pickett the ‘loser’.