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ESPN Says Steelers Made a Mistake in Kenny Pickett

This NFL insider says the Pittsburgh Steelers screwed up.

Noah Strackbein

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The Pittsburgh Steelers got "their guy" at No. 20 in the first-round of the 2022 NFL Draft, but ESPN's Dan Orlovsky says the decision was a mistake. 

Orlovsky joined Stephen A. Smith during ESPN's First Take and said the Steelers' mistake wasn't taking a quarterback, it was taking Kenny Pickett over Malik Willis. 

"I think the Steelers are better today. The mistake is, I don't think Kenny Pickett is a guy that can go face-to-face with Lamar Jackson. Or face-to-face with Joe Burrow. Or face-to-face with Deshaun Watson. Malik Willis is the only guy in this draft at that spot that, at least talent wise, can go punch-for-punch with those guys."

Orlovsky continued to say Pickett is pretty much the same player at Mitchell Trubisky, and that "over the next decade" they don't have a player at quarterback who gives them a shot to win the AFC North. 

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Noah Strackbein
NOAH STRACKBEIN

Noah is the Publisher for All Steelers, Inside the Panthers (InsideThePanthers.com) and Inside the Penguins (InsidethePenguins.com), and is the host of All Steelers Talk (YouTube.com/AllSteelersTalk). A Scranton native, Noah made his way to the Pittsburgh sports scene in 2017. Now, he's pretty much full-yinzer.

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