Nobody puts Kenny Pickett third on the QB depth chart.

Yet, that’s precisely where Pickett has been pegged by Mike Tomlin & Company coming off minicamp practices. So where does the team’s first quarterback battle in nearly 20 years stand heading into training camp at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe?

First off, this is still a three-way battle to be the Steelers’ starter when the team travels to Cincinnati to face the AFC Champion Bengals to open the season. Believe it or not, supposedly mediocre Mason Rudolph is not out of it, despite what a large portion of Steelers Nation might think. But it’s Mitch Trubisky, the free-agent signing making backup quarterback bread, who’s currently the clear frontrunner. 

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