Browns QB Kenny Pickett excited to face Steelers and former teammates

Browns QB Kenny ‘Two Gloves’ Pickett could not wait till the 2025 common season commenced to return to Pittsburgh — as he was in attendance for Pitt’s annual Blue-Gold Spring Recreation at Acrisure Stadium, serving as the competition’s honorary captain.

Pickett’s notorious exit in 2024 left a bitter style within the mouths of the Black and Gold devoted, however that hasn’t stopped him from reconnecting with a few of his former Steelers teammates — as he informed TribLive {that a} dinner with Alex Highsmith, Christian Kuntz, and Pat Freiermuth was in his Sunday plans.

One other massive takeaway from his attendance on the occasion is his reported eagerness to play towards the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2025, per TribLive’s Jerry DiPaola:

“Pickett mentioned he’s trying ahead to ‘every little thing’ in regards to the 2025 season, together with the Browns recreation at Acrisure Stadium towards his former workforce.”

Pickett spent simply two years with the Steelers earlier than he was traded to the Eagles — after which traded as soon as extra from Philadelphia to Cleveland in hopes of revitalizing his profession as a beginning QB.

Will the Black and Gold devoted lay out the welcome mat for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ former first-round decide of the 2022 NFL Draft?