The Pittsburgh Steelers came into the 2022 NFL season, and the post-Ben Roethlisberger era, with what D. Boon and the Minutemen might have called a 3-Way Tie (For Last). At quarterback, Mike Tomlin had veterans Mason Rudolph and Mitch Trubisky, and rookie Kenny Pickett, selected with the 20th overall pick out of Pitt. Rudolph and Trubisky hadn’t proven much in their professional careers, and Pickett hadn’t yet had time to prove much of anything, so Steelers fans could be forgiven for being just a bit nervous about the game’s most important position.
But Pickett did manage to rise above against the Seattle Seahawks in the Steelers’ first game of the preseason, completing 13 of 15 passes for 95 yards and two touchdowns — including the game-winner in a 32-25 victory as the clock expired on this 24-yarder to receiver Tyler Vaughns.
