Pittsburgh Steelers: Big report emerges about Kenny Pickett's role this season

Kenny Pickett could be set for a long wait to become the next quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers according to a report from Jay Glazer. 

Kenny Pickett has had something of a ‘Golden Child’ aura about him when it pertains to the quarterback role of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He grew up supporting the team, went to college at the University of Pittsburgh (who happen to share both a training facility and their home stadium with) and after his performances last year for the Pitt Panthers, was drafted by the Steelers to be their heir-apparent to Ben Roethlisberger.

Although quite when he was going to take over the starting role has for some time been up for debate. Following the signing of Mitch Trubisky in free agency, it was believed that he would take over the starting role to begin with before the team began to transition to Pickett in the future.

But then a funny thing happened in the preseason. Even though Pickett was highly experienced as a result of his college days, starting more than 50 games and being the starter for four years, as a rookie there is always a question when it comes to transitioning to the professional level as players around him get stronger, faster and smarter.

But when it came to that transition, he took to it like a duck to water. 

When you look at Pickett’s numbers in the preseason and compared them to Trubisky, you could make the argument that Pickett was the better of the two of them and made a big case to be named the team’s starter:

Mitch Trubisky's preseason: 24/34, 283 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT, avg 8.3 yards per attemptKenny Pickett's preseason: 29/36 for 261 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT, avg 7.3 yards per attempt

However despite that, Trubisky was named the starter to start the year, but Pickett’s