Before Russell Wilson, Pittsburgh Steelers fans beat Mike Tomlin’s chosen quarterback, Kenny Pickett, to death with one statistic: 1.8 percent. That is his career touchdown percentage. Only 1.8 percent of the passes he’s ever thrown in the NFL produced a touchdown. That is the lowest mark in NFL history among all players with 500 or more pass attempts.
It doesn’t matter that he went 14-10 as a starter with seven game-winning drives. Who cares if three of those losses came thanks to Mitch Trubisky replacing him for most of the game? He still, ultimately, completed only 62.