Now that the 2026 NFL Draft is in the rearview mirror, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ attention shifts to rookie minicamp, Organized Team Activities, mandatory minicamp and eventually training camp with the offseason cycle in full swing.

Players will be back on the field, coaches will get acclimated with new faces, and things will really start to take shape under new head coach Mike McCarthy in the weeks and months ahead.

However, the Steelers still have roster work to do, and not just when it comes to Aaron Rodgers and his continued delay in making a decision.

For NFL.com’s Kevin Patra, the Steelers have three key things they need to address before training camp.

Those three things?

Figure out the QB situation 
Answer OL questions
Add defensive depth

“The assumption is that Aaron Rodgers will return, but until he signs on the dotted line, it’s all projection. If the 42-year-old does indeed come back, the next question is how the backup situation shakes out,” Patra writes of the Steelers. “Mason Rudolph remains on the roster. The Steelers were talking up Will Howard earlier this offseason but used a third-round pick on Drew Allar.

“Regardless of Rodgers’ situation, it’s a fascinating room in Pittsburgh moving forward.”

Pittsburgh’s quarterback room is now fascinating after the selection of Drew Allar in the third round. He fits the mold of what McCarthy and GM Omar Khan talked about during the offseason of wanting to find an AFC North quarterback. 

Allar has all the tools; he just needs coached up. That’s what McCarthy was hired for, and now he has to develop the QB position.

There’s belief in Will Howard within the team facility, too, so the Steelers will have two young quarterbacks to develop. Mason Rudolph appears to be the odd man out, should Rodgers sign and return to be the starting QB. If not, Pittsburgh has to figure out the plan moving forward in 2026. 

Then, there’s the offensive line, where the Steelers spent a first-round pick on Arizona State’s Max Iheanachor, who projects as a right tackle in the NFL.

“Max Iheanachor brings potential to start at tackle but is a raw prospect who could be asked to step in with Broderick Jones undergoing neck surgery,” Patra writes. “The Steelers could also flip Troy Fautanu to the left side.”

With Broderick Jones’ health in question, the Steelers have a hole at left tackle. Dylan Cook played well there last year in relief of Jones, but he doesn’t exactly move the needle as a full-time starter. Pittsburgh could switch Troy Fautanu to left tackle in 2026 and slot Iheanachor in at right tackle if Jones can’t go, but that would be a bunch of moving parts for an offensive line that really seemed to find its footing late last season.

Entering the draft, the belief was that the Steelers would add an inside linebacker. They didn’t do that, passing on a number of guys multiple times. That has Patra concerned.

“Pittsburgh didn’t add to its inside linebacker crew in the draft and could look for some depth right up the gut of an aging D,” Patra writes.

They did add Daylan Carnell as a UDFA out of Missouri, but he’s not going to draw much attention. Patrick Queen enters the final year of his contract, and Payton Wilson needs a rebound after an up-and-down second season. The Steelers did re-sign Cole Holcomb, and Malik Harrison returns for the final year of his deal, as does linebackers coach Scott McCurley, who was retained by McCarthy.

But the position group is in question. Hopefully new defensive coordinator Patrick Graham can help elevate the talent at the position because there doesn’t appear to be many inside linebackers out there worth adding at this point in the offseason.