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1 week ago | behindthesteelcurtain.com | Ryan Parish

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Football fans love to talk about the quarterback position. After all, it’s the most important position in sports. We’ve all heard some version of that refrain a few hundred times in our lives. Maybe we’ve even parroted it ourselves at some social mixer. We get it. Important position.

1 week ago | behindthesteelcurtain.com | Ryan Parish

The Steelers are in desperate need of a new franchise quarterback. In the weeks leading up to the 2025 college football season, we’ll be examining some of the top college quarterbacks eligible for the 2026 draft. However, we’re going to have some fun along the way. If you’re looking for further explanation/context, read the series primer here.

2 weeks ago | behindthesteelcurtain.com | Ryan Parish

Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images Welcome back to BTSC’s Friday night open thread:As training camps have drawn to a close, I want to hear which players the rest of you are optimistic and excited to watch next season. Non-quarterbacks edition, which players are you anticipating will have a big 2025?

2 weeks ago | behindthesteelcurtain.com | Ryan Parish |Ryland Bickley

Photo by Al Pereira/Getty Images The time has finally come, Steelers fans. Way back when rumors first began to swirl about Aaron Rodgers potentially becoming Pittsburgh’s quarterback in 2025, Read & React promised you readers we wouldn’t dive into the constant will-he-won’t-he portion of the NFL news cycle. We swore that we would only discuss Rodgers if he actually signed, and that those conversations would mostly be limited to actual football. Well, here we are.

2 weeks ago | behindthesteelcurtain.com | Ryan Parish

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images During media availability this morning, Steelers wide receiver coach Zach Azzanni was given a chance to speak about the group of passcatchers the team has assembled this year. Entering his second year in Pittsburgh, Azzani noted there’s been much skepticism about the strength of his group in NFL circles. Some of that is understandable.