The rookie quarterback’s greatest strength may be his ability to be greater than the sum of his parts, a trait that was on full display during Monday night’s 24-17 victory.
“He had, you know, the ‘It’ factor. He had quarterback mentality, quarterback demeanor, anticipation, moxie. All those words you want to hear. You know, he had it.”
Coach Mike Tomlin says he turned to Pickett looking for a spark.
“I wanted to win more than anything. So, I don’t know what I proved to anybody. But we didn’t win. That’s my only focus.”
“There’s no panic in him,” Pittsburgh general manager Kevin Colbert said after the Steelers grabbed Pickett with the 20th overall pick.
d quarterback spent the last three months listening to people talk obsessively about … the size of his right hand. Yes, really.
“If we allow the fake slide, the defense may now not hold up, and we could see many unnecessary and dangerous hits to our QBs.”
The Panther QB passed for 4,319 yards with 42 touchdowns to eclipse school marks and led the 13th-ranked Panthers to their first Atlantic Coast Conference title.
The Panthers claimed their second Coastal title in four years with a 48-38 victory over Virginia.
