As we’ll do every week to get you ready for the upcoming game, our X-Factor of the week. Sometimes it’s a player, unit, concept, or scheme. Here’s our X-Factor for Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Saints.
X-FACTOR: Kenny Pickett
For as obviously critical as it is, we haven’t listed Pickett as an X-Factor this season. That changes today. Though the Pittsburgh Steelers must take some of the pressure off him, odds are they won’t, and Pickett will have to make plays to pull this offense to victory. In the three games Pickett has started and completed, he’s had to dropback a lot.