5-time Professional Bowler LeSean McCoy could be Kenny Pickett’s greatest fan.
On Monday’s episode of the “I Am Athlete” podcast, McCoy raved about rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett, proclaiming him the way forward for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“Hear, I'm 96.7 (%) of the time proper. He gonna be your beginning quarterback,” McCoy stated. “Not Week 1, not Week 2, Week 6! Week 6, he’s going to hold Pittsburgh. The custom, Massive Ben, he’s leaving it in his fingers. I’ll let you know that proper now. And , I'm at all times proper.”
McCoy, a Pittsburgh alum like Pickett, drew some instantaneous criticism from the present’s hosts and visitor Chase Claypool, a Steelers receiver who declared himself one of many prime pass-catchers within the league on the podcast.
Whereas Claypool jawed at McCoy for his blatant favoritism, he was fast to again up his new quarterback.
“That’s my canine,” Claypool stated. “Kenny is about to be the best of all time.”
McCoy, who’s 12-year NFL profession took him by way of Philadelphia, Buffalo, Kansas Metropolis and Tampa Bay, didn’t cease with the reward for Pickett.
“Kenny Pickett is the reality,” he proclaimed, including, “In case you watched his final yr in school, he was going loopy… and he (didn’t) have these gamers like Alabama and all these different (faculties).”
Pickett, in fact, threw touchdowns to the reigning Biletnikoff Award winner Jordan Addison (who transferred to USC this spring) final seaon with the Panthers, however didn't have the identical Crimson-caliber offensive line and receiving depth behind Addison.
McCoy added a giant comparability for his beloved Pickett: Bengals sign caller Joe Burrow.
“Hear, I’ll say it like this: Joe Burrow, Kenny Pickett. I can’t see the distinction,” McCoy stated.
Pickett and Burrow share some similarities. They stand at 6-foot-3 and 6-foot-4, respectively, and each have among the smallest fingers within the NFL. Pickett is a 24-year-old rookie whereas Burrow is 25 and headed into 12 months 3 within the professionals. Each have been Heisman candidates, with Burrow successful the award in 2019.
Pickett has loads of catching as much as do if he’s going to succeed in Burrow’s caliber — particularly with it wanting increasingly like he’ll begin the season behind no less than Mitch Trubisky on the Steelers’ depth chart this season.
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