The former first-round pick was named as one of Pittsburgh’s five co-captains for the 2022 season Monday, along with second-year running back Najee Harris, linebacker T.J. Watt, defensive tackle Cam Heyward and safety Miles Killebrew.

Related Players: Kenny Pickett

The 28-year-old has been competing for the starting job this offseason alongside 2022 first-round pick Kenny Pickett and last year’s backup quarterback Mason Rudolph. The Steelers are in win-now mode with or without Ben Roethlisberger, so regardless of Pickett's progression the team is going to start whoever gives them the best chance to compete.

Either way, the Steelers are happy with Kenny Pickett’s development over the past month in just about every way possible. But regardless of what they’ve seen from him and his meteoric rise — from the first week of camp to being nearly perfect in two preseason games — means little to nothing when it comes to the regular season.

Related players: Mitch Trubisky

While it says PIckett is making a late push to pass Trubisky and start Week 1, the story mentions the team is taking it slow with Pickett, so it may not be quite enough. He took only third-team reps throughout the summer and halfway through training camp. Those have been bumped up to second-team now, and he’s even seeing more first-team reps, the story went on to say. As the story also pointed out, Pickett may not start Week 1, but the odds are pretty favorable he's going to play at some point this season.

George Pickens’ fellow wideout Diontae Johnson added his voice to those singing Pickens’ praises on Monday. Johnson called Pickens “a freak” who is getting better every day that he takes the field.

Related players: Chase Claypool, Mitch Trubisky, Kenny Pickett

Pickens has generated a lot of buzz in his first months as an NFL player and it doesn’t show any sign of slowing down with the regular season drawing closer by the day, the story said. We rank Johnson 17th among our WRs but we give Pickens a slight edge over Claypool at this point.

If you are gauging Mitch Trubisky’s camp so far based on the Seven Shots drill, then it’s not a pretty camp for the veteran free-agent signee. Trubisky converted 3 of 4 (it should have been 4 of 4) the first day the Steelers ran the popular drill but has struggled since. He came into Tuesday’s practice having missed on 12 consecutive reps in the drill.

Related players: Kenny PIckett, Mason Rudolph

Trubisky is getting all the first-team reps, the story said. He's been followed by Pickett and then Rudolph. But all that really means, according to the story, is Trubisky got two more reps than Pickett and three more than Rudolph. It's a situation to watch at this point, especially if things don't get better for Trubisky.

Through two days of camp, Mitch Trubisky has taken all of his 32 snaps with the first team, Mason Rudolph has taken all 31 of his snaps with the second team, and rookie Kenny Pickett has taken all 28 of his snaps with the third team.

The quarterback battle has started off with a whimper as it pertains to first-round selection Pickett. The rookie was also running with the third team in Spring, so it would appear that Trubisky has hold of the starting job, at least this early in the process. Reporter Mark Kaboly would remark, "Trubisky and Rudolph weren't spectacular by any mean, but it has been quite obvious through two practices that they are far ahead of Pickett..."

Mitch Trubisky, to no surprise, gets the first snaps with the first-team offense. His first pass is a swing pass that is behind Najee Harris.

Related players: Kenny Pickett

We reported Tuesday that, according to an Athletic article, odds favor the team turning things over to Pickett at some point this season. The Steelers haven't announced their plans for the QB position but Trubisky had been taking the first team reps in minicamps and OTAs.

It is all going to be a matter of when the Steelers feel comfortable turning things over to Kenny Pickett.

It’s going to happen. It’s just when, regardless of how Mitch Trubisky plays.

The story went on to say the decision will be based on Pickett's readiness. The story also took a look at the history of QBs taken in the first round and the results are certainly on Pickett's side for him to eventually be the starter in 2022. Keep in mind, this was just an opinion piece, the Steelers and the team haven't said any such thing, nor have they laid out their plan. Trubisky took a majority of the first team reps in OTAs, while Pickett took mostly third team reps, it was pointed out.