Not a perfect game by any means (especially missing wide open pickens), but Pickett looked good. You can definitely see how the system (not targeting middle) was holding him back.
I’ll I ask is that the Pickett haters give him more time even when he has bad games.
I keep reading people commenting on his accuracy this game and though he had some bad misses, he still finished with a completion percentage of 72% (and that’s with a 8.4 yard/attempt average so it’s not a hollow stat). Doesn’t really get much more accurate than that at this level. Put another way, if he did that every game, he’d be far and away one of the most accurate passers in the league.
EDIT: No lie, other than the lack of TDs, these are pretty elite numbers. What I mean, if he averaged 278 yards for 17 games that’d be good for 4728 yards (which would easily be top 5). Not saying he will (obviously he can’t at this point now), but I’m just putting this performance in perspective.