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Kenny Pickett’s time as a start -quarterback for Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t last long.
The first round of 2022 spent two seasons with Steelers. He was 14-10 as a starter and had 4,474 passing yards, 13 touchdown-passes and 13 interceptions in 25 total matches.
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Steelers Quarterback Kenny Pickett warms up before the Arizona Cardinals game at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, December 3, 2023. (Charles Leclaire-usa Today Sports)
The Pro Football Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw criticized Steelers Monday for not doing enough to put a team around Pickett as the organization is set to move to a new start -quarterback for the 2025 season in Aaron Rodgers.
“Steelers get rid of Kenny Pickett,” he said last week in a question, answering “To the Point Home Services -Podcast.” “A first round, got rid of him after two years. And they are still looking for a quarterback. They didn’t even do anything to build around him.”
Bradshaw added that he always thought the first round quarterbacks would be successful as long as the right list is built around them. He quoted Baker Mayfield’s success with Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Sam Darnold’s success with Minnesota Vikings before joining the Seattle Seahawks.
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Pittsburgh missed the playoffs in 2022 and made it in 2023. George Pickens broke out as a 1,000-yard recipient, while Najee Harris rushed to 1,035 yards. But Pickett and Steelers split before the 2024 season.
Pickett was backup for Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Jalen Evil and was on the schedule when the team won the Super Bowl. He joined Cleveland Browns this season and will fight for the starting quarterback job there.
Bradshaw Fakled Steelers in May before the team signed Rodgers. He called the opportunity a “joke.”
“I liked Kenny Pickett. I liked him in Pitt. I know him, I know how he is. And when they got him to Pittsburgh, here’s what they didn’t do,” Bradshaw said at an Arkansas radio show. “They didn’t protect him.. They didn’t get him an offensive line. They’d run football, but they didn’t have an offensive line that could protect and they didn’t have weapons. He had no broad recipients to talk about.
Cleveland Browns Quarterback Kenny Pickett during Mini Camp at CrossCountry MortGage Campus in Berea, Ohio, June 12, 2025. (Ken Blaze-Preferred Pictures)
“And then they throw a child in there for two years and you have an offense that doesn’t fit and don’t work, and they can’t run because their offensive line isn’t even good enough for a run-blocking team. And that’s why they say Pickett was a failure. He wasn’t a failure, steelers were a failure.”
