Is this the Most Anticipated Steelers' Preseason Ever?

Story by Yinzer Crazy Steelers Contributor Adam Lovelace. Follow him on Twitter @98_lovelace

If the NFL regular season is the main course for football fans, the preseason acts as an amusing appetizer. It whets the palate for football fans for the more filling meal of the 18-week NFL season. While franchises see some value in the preseason in terms of talent evaluation and preparation, it varies between fan bases when it comes to viewership.

To continue the analogy, most Steelers fans pass on the appetizer, and are only concerned with the main course, and desert, meaning the regular or post season. In recent years however, desert has been few and far between, and unappetizing. Even the main course has been underwhelming as in the past several years.

If the Steelers were a restaurant, they would be going through a major rehaul of menu changes, a new head chef, and wait staff. Ben Roethlisberger has retired, and several new additions have arrived. This leads to Steelers fans being inclined to try the appetizer for the first time in a long time. 

To conclude the analogy, Steelers fans used to know just what to expect, but updates to the restaurant necessitates trying the appetizer of the preseason, to get an idea of how the main course of the regular season is going to go.

The most obvious position Steelers fans will be looking for is Quarterback. While the assumption is that Mitchell Trubisky will be the week one starter, the preseason will tease the likelihood of Kenny Pickett taking over at some point in the year. Kenny Pickett will be a draw all on his own for the Steelers.

Being the first QB taken in the first round by the franchise in 18 years brings a spotlight. Steelers fans will flock to Preseason football to see how Pickett is going to operate in Matt Canada’s offense, and how he can hold up in NFL-like situations. And if he can throw an NFL football with his petite hands (just kidding).