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After benching starting quarterback Mitch Trubisky for rookie Kenny Pickett in an eventual loss to the Jets, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin hasn’t said whether Pickett will start the Week Five game at Buffalo. .
Pickett will.
NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport reports the Steelers are expected to start Pickett on Sunday.
It’s no surprise, and that’s why Trubisky got the first crack at work. It’s much easier to go from veteran to first-round rookie than from first-round rookie to veteran.
Now that Pickett is here, he’s here to stay. Unless and until the Steelers hit rock bottom this year and can then draft one of the franchise quarterbacks in this year’s draft.
Fans of the team may not like it. But if the team is bad enough to have a first pick, fans might be ready to walk away from Pickett.
Hell, they will also be ready to leave Tomlin. Because there’s a segment of the fan base that inexplicably wants a coaching change whenever adversity hits.
Adversity hit. The team has lost three in a row. With the Bills, Bucs, Dolphins and Eagles looming, three could become seven.
