{"id":895012,"date":"2026-05-19T00:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T00:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/895012\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T00:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T00:06:17","slug":"nfl-analyst-makes-shocking-prediction-about-steelers-qb-drew-allar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/895012\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL analyst makes shocking prediction about Steelers QB Drew Allar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 18, 2026, 7:26 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" data-autotag=\"c4d4185f-a327-423a-aa54-67a40f9dee05\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> are staring down a huge quarterback battle this offseason. Even with the arrival of Aaron Rodgers, all eyes are going to be on second-year quarterback Will Howard and rookie Drew Allar. The Steelers took Allar in the third-round of the 2026 NFL draft in hopes that new head coach Mike McCarthy can work his quarterback magic and make him into the team&#8217;s new franchise quarteraback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">One person who is not at all sold on Allar is NBC NFL analyst Chris Simms. Simms went so far as to say he wouldn&#8217;t be shocked if the Steelers cut Allar in the Summer if the serious problems with his game don&#8217;t show significant improvement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;The throwing motion, the drops, the offense he was in, it&#8217;s all bad,&#8221; Simms said. &#8220;He could be so raw that they get through training camp and they go, they can&#8217;t make him the third either.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__yt_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=Yk7riy-1CZw&amp;ra=m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-g-r=\"vp_tg\" aria-label=\"Play YouTube video\" data-v-t=\"Will Pittsburgh Steelers carry four quarterbacks in 2026? | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Yk7riy-1CZw\/maxresdefault.jpg\" onload=\"if(this.naturalWidth&lt;200){this.setAttribute('onload','this.classList.remove(\\'gnt_em_vp_img__yn\\')');this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Given the age of Rodgers, it would make sense that the Steelers wouldn&#8217;t want two young, inexperienced quarterbacks backing him up. The more we think about it, the more realistic it is to think the Steelers will keep Mason Rudolph to be the team&#8217;s No. 2 quarterback and if they don&#8217;t release either Howard or Allar, sacrifice a roster spot to keep a fourth quarterback.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779149177_931_86618667007-usatsi-26862833.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 18, 2026, 7:26 p.m. ET The Pittsburgh Steelers are staring down a huge quarterback battle this offseason.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[95878,7,6,119737,96718,96719,96675,95882,95896,95888,95895,95897,118065,96720,95883,95881],"class_list":["post-895012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-accessfree","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-sourcesteelers-wire","tag-sstssportsnflsteelers","tag-sstsnsteelers","tag-tagaaron-rodgers","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-negative","tag-tagpittsburgh-connect","tag-tagpittsburgh-steelers","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116598327461707415","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895012","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=895012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}