CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- It was March 21, 2022, when Kenny Pickett had lunch with Dave Canales at a South Pittsburgh brewery called Fat Head's Saloon after the quarterback's workout at Pitt's pro day. Canales was the Seattle Seahawks' quarterbacks coach two years prior to becoming Carolina's head coach, but he was already earning a reputation for being a "quarterback whisperer'' after helping revive Geno Smith's career and elevating the play of Russell Wilson in Seattle. That lunch with Canales, and future conversations with Smith, made such an impression on Pickett -- selected No. 20 by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2022 -- that he signed with Carolina as a free agent last week (one year, $4 million guaranteed, $7.5 million maximum). "One of the guys you really want to be around in this league, this profession," Pickett said of Canales on a recent video call with reporters. "It's a tough business, but great people make it a lot easier.'' Canales added Pickett, 27, to develop behind Bryce Young, the No.…