After all the talk until Thursday night, only one general was selected in the first round of the 2022 draft. Kenny Pickett will just have to use a different door in the building when he enters his new football facility, as the Steelers put him at number 20 in the overall draft. As coach Mike Tomlin said in a press conference after the selection, “[W]I’ve been touring the globe — or at least the United States — here for the last few months, man, just exploring and exploring. And it’s funny, we ended up with a guy from the next door. “ Tomlin highlighted Pickett’s “high floor” with the general’s intangibles, anticipation and accuracy “obvious and consistent in the study of his film”. And while the Steelers are already familiar with Mason Rudolph on the roster and have signed with Mitchell Trubisky in the free agent, there is a chance Pickett may be behind the central Week One. “He will be given the opportunity to fight, for sure,” Tomlin said. Because Pitt shares a building with the Steelers, Tomlin noted that he is already quite familiar with Pickett. “I have known him for several years now,” said Tomlin, “whether he is in the parking lot or what you have. from him”. Tomlin will now coach Pickett for the immediate future.
