Kenny Pickett is ready. Kenny Pickett wants to play! Did he play in the Cleveland Browns? Not much. Did he play with the Las Vegas Raiders? Not much.Did he back Jalen Hurts in the Super Bowl 59 battle? Yes. Did the Super Bowl LIX winner prove himself in the Pittsburgh Steelers? Not much.But when he finally lands a starting job at a new franchise, the Carolina Panthers, he gets trolled for his small hands.Leading sports trading app Novig shared the news that Kenny Pickett had landed the starter role, along with a picture of Pickett throwing the ball with extremely small hands.This is beyond imagination, even for cyber trolling. Where does this trolling for hands come from? Let’s find that out first.
Novig trolls Kenny Pickett over his small hands after he gets the Hall of Fame Game start while Bryce Young sits
An official NFL football is about 11 to 11.25 inches long.Kenny Pickett’s hands measured 8.5 inches during the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine. This falls 0.5 inch below the preferred 9-inch NFL threshold.And hence, he is the leading member of the internet meme “small hands” for an NFL player.Making the most of this meme even after four seasons of Pickett playing, leading sports trading app Novig shared an AI-modified [looks like] picture of Pickett with barely noticeable hands holding a football, ready to pass it to his receiver on the gridiron.Even the ball in his hand is small. His whole face and body are of the normal measures [no changes there].And their X post goes insanely viral. Already reached 1.7 million viewers with 170+ comments, 520+ reposts, 10,000+ hearts, and 420+ bookmarks.“I can tell this image is altered by looking at his hands. He should have gloves on,” wrote one user.Another said, “what the f*ck this isn’t even funny he has normal sized hands. All funny, haha, but he’s making so much money you wouldn’t even fathom how much money he makes in a DAY. Loser Twitter fingers always talking down on legends of the game. Learn some respect.”A post read, “you mean Super Bowl 59 Champion Kenny Pickett?” A user wondered, “so this is what his career has been reduced to….how sad.”Kenny Pickett is scheduled to start the Hall of Fame game and Bryce Young will be watching him play from the bench [read: he will sit out the game as a resting starter]. But, but, but. What if Young loses the starting job to Pickett?
Bryce Young could lose starting job to Kenny Pickett in Carolina
The Carolina Panthers drafted Bryce Young as their first-round first overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide from 2020 to 2022. He was a CFP national champion in 2020 and a Heisman Trophy winner in 2021.But when he entered the NFL, he struggled to leave his mark. The 5-foot-10, 204-pounder recorded an equal number of touchdowns and interceptions.He amassed 2,877 passing yards and 11 TDs but 10 INTs in 16 games of his rookie season. The next year, he had fewer passing yards but more touchdowns, with 9 INTs in 14 games.In 2025, he scored 3,000+ passing yards, 23 TDs, but more INTs: 11. As a result, the Panthers signed Kenny Pickett in 2026 offseason.And even chose him over Young for the Panthers’ 2026 preseason opener. If this is the case now, he could lose his starting job for the upcoming season.Even Alex Kay of Bleacher Report thinks so. Young had a bounce-back performance in 2025. He took Carolina to the playoffs, something that had not happened since 2017, back when Cam Newton was the quarterback.But still taking the Panthers to the playoffs is no guarantee that he’d be Carolina’s long-term signal-caller solution.Young got his fifth-year option, but 2026 is his make-or-break year. If he regresses again, and Carolina falls far from NFC South contention, the franchise could consider bringing in Kenny Pickett and start exploring their 2027 options.
