Your 2023 Yinzer Forecast:

I apologize in advance for the litany of “Pickett’s charge” memes we may be exposed to going forward.

This isn’t to say PICKETT’S GAHNTA SUPERBOWL all UrinatingTree style. I honestly have no clue what to make of Kenneth Shane Pickett. He looked fine at times in 2022, after Tomlin wasn’t feeling like Kissing Tittays any longer after one half against the J-E-S-T. Truth Biscuit’s tenure as starting quarterback for the Stillers last about as long as one could have reasonably expected. This franchise doesn’t waste first round picks on quarterbacks often, and HE WENT TO PITT WOOOO only added his eventual supplanting of Truth Biscuit in the second half of the season. Mike Tomlin’s previously lives as some kind of sorcerer continued to limp this suddenly-mediocre team to it’s inevitable winning/non-losing season at 9-8.

This is now Kenny Pickett’s team, to either become the next Bradshaw or the next (TRIGGER ALERT FOR GUMBYGIRL) Mark Malone. .. Najee Harris is going into his junior season, and the team drafted men mountains in left tackle Brodrick Jones and tight end Darnell Washington. Receivers George Pickens (Pickett-to-Pickens is the here to irritate you), Dionte Johnson, newly-signed Allen Robinson, and tight end Pat Frieirereirmuth are a fine set of weapons. Really the only thing holding Pickett back — fairly or not — is coordinator Matt Canada. 

Defense should also be better. Cam Heyward is somehow in his dozenth year. TJ Watt was a fluky pectoral tear away from possibly repeating as DPOY. Patrick Peterson has decided to join the secondary, in a reverse Stillers-to-Cardinals to retirement plan. Honestly, if they get anything even approaching mediocre from the inside linebackers, the entire unit is a top-ten, if not top-five. Yes, really.

If the team doesn’t go all Ravens and asploe injury-wise, 11-7 isn’t asking for too much. Tomlin being The Standard which other standards are standardized by, Pickett continuing to grow, and a reliable defense tells me 10-7, five-seed, and a Wild Card win over… let’s say, Moe.