The Pittsburgh Steelers traded QB Kenny Pickett to the Philadelphia Eagles last week after just two years with the team, charting a new course at quarterback with Russell Wilson and then Justin Fields after acquiring him via trade. While former Steelers running and current analyst Merril Hoge thinks Fields has some potential with the right coaching, he’s quite bullish on Pickett’s chances in the league. Appearing on the DVE Morning Show earlier today, Hoge defended Pickett and said he thinks he can be a really good quarterback in the NFL.
Hoge said if the Steelers can get Fields to hunker down and develop him in one system instead of with multiple offensive coordinators and take away some of the rawness that he still has as a quarterback, he could be a “very, very good quarterback in the National Football League,” and then quickly added, “but I still believe that about Kenny Pickett.