{"id":45215,"date":"2022-08-14T16:17:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T16:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/steelers-fans-shower-kenny-pickett-with-cheers-in-dramatic-debut\/"},"modified":"2022-08-14T16:17:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T16:17:40","slug":"steelers-fans-shower-kenny-pickett-with-cheers-in-dramatic-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/steelers-fans-shower-kenny-pickett-with-cheers-in-dramatic-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers fans shower Kenny Pickett with cheers in dramatic debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The fans in Pittsburgh are already chanting Kenny Pickett&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n<p>Locked in a three-pronged competition to be named retired Ben Roethlisberger&#8217;s successor as the Steelers&#8217; starting quarterback, Pickett enjoyed a strong preseason debut with a game-winning touchdown pass with three seconds remaining Saturday night in a 32-25 victory over the Seahawks.<\/p>\n<p>Pickett, the 20th overall pick in the draft out of nearby Pitt, is competing for the starting job with free-agent signing Mitchell Trubisky and Mason Rudolph.  The rookie completed 13 of 15 passes for 95 yards in the second half with two touchdowns, including the 24-yard score to Tyler Vaughns in the closing seconds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally, the whole night was special,\u201d Pickett said after the game, according to the Pittsburgh Tribine-Review.  \u201cThe first one to have as an NFL player, to finish it that way in that stadium with a lot of family and friends there, it was awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said the opener was \u201ca good first time out for all three\u201d quarterbacks, with Trubisky and Rudolph each tossing a touchdown pass in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>But many fans at Acrisure Stadium made their feelings known with multiple chants of \u201cKenny\u201d during Pickett&#8217;s time on the field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;d be lying if I said I didn&#8217;t [hear it],\u201d Pickett said.  \u201cIt was an incredible feeling.  It was really cool.  It was special.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett celebrates after throwing a touchdown on Saturday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/steelers-kenny-pickett-preseason.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kenny Pickett slaps hands with fans after the Steelers' win over the Seahawks on Saturday.\" class=\"wp-image-23454093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/steelers-kenny-pickett-preseason.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/steelers-kenny-pickett-preseason.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/steelers-kenny-pickett-preseason.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Kenny Pickett slaps hands with fans after the Steelers&#8217; win over the Seahawks on Saturday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe moved his group, he played situational football, and he displayed competitive spirit,\u201d Tomlin added.  \u201cA lot of good things to build on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roethlisberger, a six-time Pro Bowler, was the Steelers&#8217; starter for 18 seasons, leading the team to two Super Bowl titles among three appearances in the championship game.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fans in Pittsburgh are already chanting Kenny Pickett&#8217;s name. Locked in a three-pronged competition to be named retired Ben Roethlisberger&#8217;s successor as the Steelers&#8217; starting quarterback, Pickett enjoyed a strong preseason debut with a game-winning touchdown pass with three seconds remaining Saturday night in a 32-25 victory over the Seahawks. Pickett, the 20th overall &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/steelers-fans-shower-kenny-pickett-with-cheers-in-dramatic-debut\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Steelers fans shower Kenny Pickett with cheers in dramatic debut<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[17655,12500,17656,17657,14637,423,6855,307],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45069,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kenny-pickett-impresses-in-preseason-debut\/","url_meta":{"origin":45215,"position":0},"title":"Kenny Pickett impresses in preseason debut","date":"August 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Getty Images Steelers rookie Kenny Pickett made a statement in the team's quarterback competition on Saturday night.Pickett played the entire second half and completed 13 of 15 passes for 95 yards, with two touchdowns and no interceptions, including the game-winning touchdown pass with four seconds remaining as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Seattle Seahawks v Pittsburgh Steelers","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242491496-e1660477470770.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":29303,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tim-benz-mike-tomlin-may-not-be-re-evaluating-steelers-qb-battle-after-every-throw-but-it-feels-like-everyone-else-is\/","url_meta":{"origin":45215,"position":1},"title":"Tim Benz: Mike Tomlin may not be re-evaluating Steelers QB battle &#8216;after every throw,&#8217; but it feels like everyone else is","date":"July 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Mike Tomlin has said that the Pittsburgh Steelers coaching staff won't be reshuffling the quarterback depth chart on a daily basis. \u201cWe're not going to micromanage, or overmanage, this quarterback competition,\u201d Tomlin said Tuesday. \u201cThe depth chart is not going to rest on every throw.\u201d He didn't say anything about\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":44743,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/all-3-steelers-qbs-including-rookie-kenny-pickett-play-well\/","url_meta":{"origin":45215,"position":2},"title":"All 3 Steelers QBs including rookie Kenny Pickett play well","date":"August 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Mitchell Trubisky started for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their preseason opener and didn't do anything to lose ground in the quarterback competition. 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