The hype train keeps rolling at a high rate of speed for second-year Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett.
Already projected for a significant second-year leap into a good starting quarterback by many football analysts, Pickett is now being called the top “breakout QB” for the 2023 season in, of all things, fantasy football.
Pro Football Focus’s Jonathon Macri highlighted Pickett Wednesday morning as the NFL’s top breakout QB in fantasy football, edging out the Washington Commanders’ Sam Howell for the distinction.
Pickett’s play down the stretch in his rookie season, as well as the added weapons on offense in Allen Robinson II, Calvin Austin III and Darnell Washington, not to mention a rebuilt offensive line, has fantasy analysts rather bullish on Pickett’s prospects for the 2023 season.