{"id":864408,"date":"2026-04-12T01:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T01:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/864408\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T01:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T01:36:21","slug":"steelers-insider-reveals-surprising-likelihood-of-drafting-a-qb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/864408\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers Insider Reveals Surprising Likelihood Of Drafting a QB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/pittsburgh-steelers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> quarterback situation is still technically a question mark for new head coach Mike McCarthy\u2019s inaugural season. Future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers is having an uncharacteristically quiet offseason, which, oddly enough, has his fans feeling more unsettled than usual.<\/p>\n<p>Many analysts believe that Rodgers is trending towards playing at least one more season, and I agree. But even if he does not return, Steelers insider <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/draft2026\/story\/_\/id\/48378778\/2026-nfl-draft-latest-buzz-rumors-news-answering-questions-all-32-teams-picks#PIT\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brooke Pryor isn\u2019t convinced<\/a> that next year\u2019s starter is not already in the building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Steelers might not have a clear-cut quarterback of the future on the roster, but one internal source said that they won&#8217;t be forced to draft one this year,\u201d Pryor wrote. \u201cThat source noted Pittsburgh will play the board first and that Will Howard, last year&#8217;s sixth-round pick, has fans in the front office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Disregarding Howard\u2019s apparent support, drafting a young quarterback is always wise. The 2026 NFL Draft class is particularly deep when it comes to Day Three quarterbacks, and given the Steelers have more picks than any other team, I would nearly guarantee that Pittsburgh uses at least one of the picks on the position. Pryor outlined the potential fits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew head coach Mike McCarthy and the scouting staff have been doing their homework on several prospects in the quarterback class, including Carson Beck (Miami), Drew Allar (Penn State) and Garrett Nussmeier (LSU),\u201d Pryor reported. \u201cBoth McCarthy and GM Omar Khan have been transparent about their signal-caller wish list: long arms, big hands and a knack for thriving in the cold weather.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More NFL:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/pittsburgh-steelers\/news\/steelers-predicted-draft-6-foot-7-sec-prospect-boost-offense\/4cedb904ae1663b067cadd9f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers Predicted To Draft 6-Foot-7 SEC Prospect To Boost Offense<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback situation is still technically a question mark for new head coach Mike McCarthy\u2019s inaugural&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":864409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,6,520,57,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-864408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-pittsburgh","11":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","12":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","13":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116389179794544621","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864408","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=864408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}