Mike Tomlin Praises Kenny Pickett After First Preseason Game

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By Lucy Burdge – Aug 16, 2022, 1:53pm

Your classic quarterback competition is going on with the Steelers between Mitchell Trubisky, Mason Rudolph and rookie Kenny Pickett. And while Mike Tomlin has yet to name a Week 1 starter, he packed on the praise for Pickett after his performance in the team's first preseason game.

Pickett entered the game in the third quarter and completed all six of his attempted passes on the first drive before orchestrating a game-winning drive. And Tomlin, of course, was impressed.

“He moved his group. He played situational football,” Tomlin also said of Pickett's game-winning drive. “He displayed a competitive spirit. A lot of good things to build on from a first-performance standpoint.”
  
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