They've had a number of plays this week that have gone for 15+ yards, probably the majority of the occurrences from the entire season have come this game, so that's an encouraging sign for the future if they can continue to show more consistency drive to drive.
Getting back to some of the comments from a bit ago.
Imo acquiring a vet qb like Carr for this team would be pointless. This team isn't a Carr away from being competitive, which is the only reason you would rush the qb position. Pickett potentially not being the future doesn't mean you rush into another option.
And me personally, I don't feel I'm spoiled at all regarding the QB position, if this team tanked the next 3 seasons I could care less, most teams have to suck to get better.
What I disagree with is the notion that Pickett is a normal rookie, when he's not. He's a 5-year college player, 24 years old, and outside of learning the speed of the pro game and pro play design/reads, his mechanics are likely as developed as they're going to get. He's likely near what his potential ceiling is already, which was the vast majority opinion of him pre-draft, low ceiling, high floor. He's likely not going to become what Fields for instance has blossomed into this year out of the blue. Who's still younger than Kenny btw.
That doesn't mean he shouldn't be given the rest of the year or even more to prove himself, but I feel the constant "he's just a rookie!!11!11" doesn't take all the context surrounding him into consideration, and insults my intelligence.
That doesn't mean I want them to give up on him early, just not to bullheadedly tie themselves to him should a better option eventually fall into their lap. Which may not be for multiple seasons more anyway, so not like there's any rush.
All that said, Pickett is proving to be a pretty damn good QB sneaker early in his career. Always felt that is an underappreciated quality of those QB's who are great at it that gets taken for granted by their fanbases.
Some much improved play by the secondary this week as well. Unfortunately all winning does is worsen our picks, but Tomlin was never going to willingly facilitate a tank so oh well. Winning will benefit the locker room psyche if anything.
Overall I'm satisfied with the performances from today for those positions that matter for the future. Boswell is injured so the kicking struggles are meaningless.
