Steelers/NFL
With the way the Pittsburgh Steelers anticipate the draft board going, the Steelers ideal draft has been this for months now:
Aaron Rodgers commits to them by Thursday (ideally would have committed by now) and they go defensive line or running back at pick #21. This is a franchise that truly believes they are closer to legit contention than outsiders may see them. Go All-in on 2025 has been the plan until Aaron Rodgers decided to keep dragging his feet and after a two week period of daily discussions with coaches, ect, Rodgers has once again gone dark with the Steelers since early April. Once Steelers source says there has been no communication since April To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
The Rodgers situation, though, has now set up the Steelers to be the ultimate wildcard in Round 1.
“I think it’s a good quarterback class, I really do,” GM Omar Khan said on Tuesday.
What’s fascinating with if the Steelers go the quarterback route early, either at #21 or a little bit later in a trade back situation is the wide range of opinions on the stacking order inside that building. It is really Justin Fields vs Russell Wilson from this off-season all over again where 40% were in one direction, 60% were in another.
Among the rumblings one day out from the draft:
Jaxson Dart has a more consensus rating To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
Shedeur Sanders has become the major What IF in Steelers circles. Unless it’s a major smoke screen to get Dart to fall to the Steelers and Tomlin trying to pop up Sanders falling draft stock as a gesture to the Sanders family, a strong feeling around the team is Mike Tomlin’s not passing him up at #21. Tomlin does not have enough support to trade up for Sanders as he’s not a Top-20 prospect on Pittsburgh’s board, but there is certainly growing momentum here Tomlin is willing to take this swing at #21. Selecting Sanders in Round 1 will surely have its detractors. Some of Tomlin’s biggest supporters in organization feel Tomlin’s close relationship and admiration for Deion Sanders is not giving him an accurate picture To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
Other Scenarios in Play:
Omar Khan is not bluffing when he says the Steelers really like this QB class. The Steelers are fond of a number of middle tier QB’s, Where they have low first round-second round grades on a few of them. The Steelers having a high-grade on To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
Week 2 What We Learned: Familiar scene where scheme issues on both sides of the ball loom large