PITTSBURGH -- Kenny Pickett doesn't have any hard feelings toward Ben Roethlisberger after the former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback said he wasn't rooting for the 2022 first-round pick to succeed right off the bat.
"He's honest," Pickett said Tuesday. "He's out front about it, and he's a fan now and he's pulling for us and it was really cool to hear him say that ... I think we're just going to continue to build on that relationship.
"I'm excited to go into year two with another guy in my corner."
When Roethlisberger recently hosted Pickett on his podcast, "Footbahlin with Ben Roethlisberger," the retired Steeler admitted to feeling conflicted about the rookie taking over the starting job.