From a starting quarterback gig to a potential backup battle.
Kenny Pickett ’s Eagles career is off to an inauspicious start after third-stringer Tanner McKee outplayed him in the team’s second preseason game Thursday against the Patriots.
Pickett entered the NFL as the Steelers’ heir apparent at the position after the Ben Roethlisberger era, but his first two seasons produced middling statistics. The Eagles sent the Steelers a third-round pick and two seventh-round selections in exchange for Pickett and a fourth-rounder. “Mixing groups up and letting guys play with different groups,” Pickett said. “I’m just taking it a day at a time, continuing to put good tape out there, continuing to play well and progress with the offense.”how McKee played with second-stringers during the game, which could have signified that Sirianni wanted to see how he fared with that unit, and he averaged 7.4 yards per completion.
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