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ESPN all about QBs for the Steelers in the 2025 NFL draft

4 days ago | steelerswire.usatoday.com | Curt Popejoy

With just five days to the start of the 2025 NFL draft, quarterback has taken over the top spot for the Pittsburgh Steelers draft needs in the first round. ESPN NFL draft pundits Matt Miller and Jordan Reid talked about the players in the first round that represent the biggest value as well as fill the biggest need for all 32 NFL teams. For the Steelers, Reid and Miller both pointed to different quarterbacks.
Breaking down the Steelers picks in new 7-round mock draft

5 days ago | steelerswire.usatoday.com | Curt Popejoy

The folks over at Pro Football Network have a new seven-round mock draft out just days before the start of the 2025 NFL draft. In this simulation, PFN has Pittsburgh working a trade with the Houston Texans to move back to pick No. 25 and getting pick No. 53 in this year's draft as well as a third-round pick in the 2026 NFL draft. But they don't stop there. PFN pulls off a second trade for the Steelers, sending wide receiver George PIckens to the Kansas City Chiefs for a fifth-round pick (No. 133).
We rank the Steelers last 10 first-round NFL draft picks

6 days ago | steelerswire.usatoday.com | Curt Popejoy

The first round of the NFL draft hasn't been overly kind to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Looking back over the last 10 first-round picks, the Steelers have had a mixed bag of successes, failures and incompletes. Here's our ranking of the last 10 first-round picks with the note that the Steelers didn't have a first round pick in 2020. Watt has been the face of the Steelers defense since he was drafted and is the best pass rusher in franchise history.
Steelers 2025 NFL draft preview: Running back

6 days ago | steelerswire.usatoday.com | Curt Popejoy

There's no doubt the Pittsburgh Steelers want to be a run-first offense. The team added offensive coordinator last offseason to facilitate that philosophy via running backs Najee Harris, Jaylen Warren and Cordarrelle Patterson. Unfortunately, the results didn't match with the hopes and now the Steelers find themselves looking to start over with many of the same pieces. The big loss was Harris, who chose to sign a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Chargers.
Steelers load up the line of scrimmage in new 7-round mock draft

6 days ago | steelerswire.usatoday.com | Curt Popejoy

If you don't have a great quarterback, you better have a great everything else. Or at least you had better be great at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the football. This is where the Pittsburgh Steelers find themselves with quarterback Aaron Rodgers seemingly uninterested in signing with Pittsburgh and no free-agent options left.
Steelers QB situation got more complicated after Aaron Rodgers interview

6 days ago | steelerswire.usatoday.com | Curt Popejoy

On Thursday, free-agent quarterback Aaron Rodgers broke his silence since he was released from the New York Jets. He did this via the Pat McAfee Show. Rodgers has been closely linked to the Pittsburgh Steelers, with even Steelers ownership feeling confident about Rodgers joining the Steelers. However, after listening to Rodgers speak, we have zero confidence that Rodgers has any interest in playing the NFL at all, much less for the Steelers.
Analyzing the Steelers picks in The Athletic's 7-round mock draft

1 week ago | steelerswire.usatoday.com | Curt Popejoy

The Athletic's Dan Brugler has a new seven-round mock draft out this week and first and foremost we applaud his effort. A seven-round mock draft is a daunting task. With the 2025 NFL draft just a week away, let's break down the Pittsburgh Steelers picks and see what we would do differently. First round - QB Shedeur Sanders, ColoradoThe one scenario in which we are OK with the Steelers picking Sanders is if he falls all the way to No. 21.
Steelers make big trade to land QB Jalen Milroe in new mock draft

1 week ago | steelerswire.usatoday.com | Curt Popejoy

ESPN put together a new three-round mock draft this week, courtesy of NFL draft gurus Mel Kiper Jr. and Field Yates. This is a cool exercise as the two took odds and evens and alternated picks. In this new mock draft, the tandem have the Pittsburgh Steelers trading up for a quarterback. But it isn't what you think. No, Kiper and Yates don't have Pittsburgh trading up in the first round for Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders.
Huge changes on new Steelers 7-round mock draft update

1 week ago | steelerswire.usatoday.com | Curt Popejoy

There's just one more week until the 2025 NFL draft and the Pittsburgh Steelers are finalizing their draft board and planning their strategy for a make-or-break weekend of picks. This time around, we reviewed some of our previous mock drafts and decided to go in completely different directions with all the picks. First round - DT Tyleik Williams - Ohio StateA run on defensive linemen could drop the massive Tyleik Williams right into the Steelers' laps.
Aaron Rodgers could be holding out for the Vikings and cost the Steelers

1 week ago | steelerswire.usatoday.com | Curt Popejoy

With just a week until the 2025 NFL draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers are no closer to knowing if Aaron Rodgers is going to play quarterabck for them next season than they were a month ago. Rodgers is off on some darkness retreat, pondering his future and aligning his chakras while the Steelers sit on their hands, hoping for the best and planning for the future with or without him. Why is Rodgers still waiting?