{"id":358067,"date":"2025-09-10T23:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/358067\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T23:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:42:13","slug":"mock-2026-nfl-draft-yields-qb-who-could-divide-steelers-fanbase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/358067\/","title":{"rendered":"Mock 2026 NFL Draft Yields QB Who Could Divide Steelers Fanbase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/nfl-draft\/2026-nfl-draft\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NFL Draft<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_9886-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers 2025 NFL Draft Prospect Penn State QB Drew Allar\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Penn State quarterback Drew Allar at the 2024 Peach Bowl in Atlanta. \u2014 Jordan Lenenberg \/ Nittany Sports Now\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t work out the last time the Pittsburgh Steelers chose an in-state quarterback in the NFL Draft. Pitt standout Kenny Pickett <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/pittsburgh-steelers-trade-kenny-pickett-to-eagles\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fizzled<\/a> out in black and gold after ho-hum seasons, ruining the team\u2019s plans behind center.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent 2026 NFL Draft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\/news\/2026-nfl-mock-draft-steelers-plan-for-life-post-aaron-rodgers-cowboys-target-next-micah-parsons\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">mock-up<\/a>, CBS Sports\u2019 Josh Edwards had Mike Tomlin\u2019s team trying once more, taking Penn State\u2019s Drew Allar with the No. 14 overall pick of next spring\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a mediocre team outside of early draft range has its disadvantages when the team needs a quarterback,\u201d Edwards wrote Tuesday. \u201cAaron Rodgers tapped into the fountain of youth in Week 1, but his time with the Jets taught us those moments of optimism could be fleeting. Pittsburgh will eventually need to bring in its quarterback of the future, and it worked well last time they brought in a big body from the state of Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DSC03718-scaled-e1700501236674-788x440.jpg\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers 2026 NFL Draft Penn State QB Drew Allar\" class=\"wp-image-72047\"  \/>Drew Allar and the Penn State quarterbacks warm up for the Lions conference matchup at Maryland. \u2014 Matt Lynch \/ Nittany Sports Now: <\/p>\n<p>CBS Sports tabs Allar as the No. 22 overall prospect in the draft and the fourth-best at his position. LSU\u2019s Garrett Nussmeier (No. 1 overall, New Orleans Saints), South Carolina\u2019s LaNorris Sellers (No. 2, Cleveland Browns) and Indiana\u2019s Fernando Mendoza (No. 11, Los Angeles Rams) were taken ahead of Allar in the order.<\/p>\n<p>Through the Nittany Lions\u2019 initial two outings of this season, Allar has gone 41 for 59 for 417 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. He was third in the Big Ten in passing yardage (3,327) last season, behind Ohio State\u2019s Will Howard (4,010) and Oregon\u2019s Dillon Gabriel (3,857). The Steelers drafted Howard in the sixth round of this past NFL Draft. Howard is currently on the injured reserve with a finger injury.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/aaron-rodgers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Rodgers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/cbs-sports\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">CBS Sports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/drew-allar\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Allar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/fernando-mendoza\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Fernando Mendoza<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/garrett-nussmeier\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Nussmeier<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/kenny-pickett\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Kenny Pickett<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/lanorris-sellers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">LaNorris Sellers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Draft Steelers News Penn State quarterback Drew Allar at the 2024 Peach Bowl in Atlanta. \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1586,3244,1800,3619,7,1802,570,9734,6,15,57,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-358067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-cbs-sports","10":"tag-drew-allar","11":"tag-fernando-mendoza","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-garrett-nussmeier","14":"tag-kenny-pickett","15":"tag-lanorris-sellers","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-nfl-draft","18":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","19":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115182655610968992","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}