Steelers QB Mitch Trubisky loses starting job to Kenny Pickett

Kenny Pickett, left, will replace Mitch Trubisky, right, as the Steelers’ starting quarterback. (Don Wright/AP)

PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin never had a definitive timeline on when to hand the keys to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense to Kenny Pickett.

If anything, Tomlin wanted to delay a move that seemed inevitable from the moment the Steelers drafted Pickett with the 20th overall pick six months ago. Asked as recently as a week ago how he would know it’s time, Tomlin shrugged and said simply “you just kind of know when you’re there.”