Drafting a QB is gambling on a young kid.
Yes you can help him and devellop him (Alex Smith, Josh Allen, even T.Lawrence).
You have some day 1 gems : Justin Herbert, RG3
And you have Manziel, J.Russel, Josh Rosen or Ryan Leaf.
Id say im happy thinking we landed a middle of the pack QB with a middle of the pack first round pick.
Andy Dalton kept going to the playoffs, Blake Bortles and Tebow went to AFC championship (i dont know who let them in).
If we can field a top 5 D with a fine rushing attack, Pickett can go to the playoffs too !
Regardless of whether Pickett improves this year or not the Steelers should absolutely not draft another QB in the first round for the next two season UNLESS they bottom out next season and end up with a top 5 pick. Even then they would have to really really feel strongly about the QB they are drafting.
QB is too hard to evaluate and dumping first round picks into one too often is how you end up like Cleveland and Arizona. For every Big Ben there are five Mitch Trubisky. Mid first round QB are especially wild cards. It is a roll of the dice.
Use your first round picks on easier to evaluate positions and build a good team around the QB, then take your shot. If they draft Kenny’s replacement next year the dude will just be stepping into the same bull shit. Take a flyer on a QB in 4th or 5th round if Kenny continues to suck but use those first three rounds to improve the team up front.
Kenny is probably a bridge QB, it sucks they used a first round pick on him, but the bridge will be under construction for a few more seasons. Drafting another QB in the first round anytime soon will extend that construction.
So cheer for Kenny to get better.