Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin and his comments about quarterback Kenny Pickett have caused something of an uproar amongst fans.

The Pittsburgh Steelers fell to 1-3 on the season yesterday as they lost 24-20 to the New York Jets at home, but that certainly wasn’t the biggest talking point that came out of the game. Rather that was the decision for Mike Tomlin to make a change at quarterback and put in Kenny Pickett for the first time in a regular season game. 

The Steelers offense has certainly struggled at times this season, with offseason free agent signing Mitch Trubisky not exactly setting the world alight in the backfield, ranking dead last when it came to yards per attempt at 5.5 amongst qualifying quarterbacks so far this season coming into the game, whilst only throwing for 2 touchdowns in the first 3 and a half games.

So Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was presented with little option yesterday as he turned to Pickett to start the second half for the Steelers after they had only managed to put up six points in the first half, both of them field goals from kicker Chris Boswell. 

And boy did things get more exciting after that

The Pittsburgh Steelers Pick up a gear

Even though his first pass didn’t go the way that he wanted to, getting intercepted after heaving the ball downfield for wide receiver Chase Claypool, there was certainly a lot more life in the Steelers offense when he came on the field, as he ran for two touchdowns to give them a great chance of picking up a victory.

Video: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett scores his second touchdown of the day:

However, things went south from there as he threw a critical interception late in the game (although it did come off the hands of tight end Pat Freiermuth) that gave the Jets the ball back and allowed them to go down and grab the game-winning touchdown.

Video: Kenny Pickett throws a crucial interception for the Pittsburgh Steelers:

But despite those setbacks (as well as a final interception on the last play of the game, but that was a hail mary so it doesn’t really count), you can’t argue that on the surface the Steelers look to be in a better, more exciting place than they were with Trubiksy at quarterback.

The only question now is whether or not that spark was brief, or if it’s going to continue moving forward. Well according to Tomlin, that is yet to be seen, as he didn’t confirm or deny whether or not he would stick with Pickett as the starting quarterback when they play the Buffalo Bills next week:

It’s a response that didn’t go down well with a large number of Steelers fans on social media, as they slammed Tomlin over his non-committal answer:

Tomlin usually holds a press conference on Tuesdays, so perhaps when he’s had the chance to sit down and analyse things, he might have more of a concrete answer to let us know what the plan is. Until then though, we have to play the waiting game.