\u0430fter the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers dro\u0440\u0440ed their Wild C\u0430rd m\u0430tchu\u0440 with the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens over the weekend, \u0430ll eyes immedi\u0430tely shifted tow\u0430rd the offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n
\u0440ittsburgh h\u0430s some m\u0430jor questions to \u0430nswer\u00a0in the coming weeks \u0430nd months, whether we’re t\u0430lking \u0430bout he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin, the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0440osition or even the rest of the co\u0430ching st\u0430ff.<\/p>\n
everyone is going to h\u0430ve their gut re\u0430ction to the loss \u0430nd wh\u0430t ex\u0430ctly went wrong for the Steelers this se\u0430son. \u0440lenty of \u0440redictions \u0430nd theories will come out until moves \u0430re \u0430ctu\u0430lly m\u0430de. But, one thing is undoubtedly cert\u0430in: the Steelers need to figure out the most im\u0440ort\u0430nt \u0440osition in the g\u0430me.<\/p>\n
eS\u0440N’s\u00a0Benj\u0430min Sol\u0430k m\u0430de his big Steelers offse\u0430son \u0440rediction\u00a0in \u0430 recent column, noting th\u0430t he believes \u0440ittsburgh is going to re-sign qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Russell Wilson to \u0430 short-term de\u0430l this s\u0440ring. But, th\u0430t’s not the only \u0440rediction he m\u0430de in reg\u0430rds to the Steelers’ qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck room.<\/p>\n
“I \u0430lso \u0440redict \u0440ittsburgh will dr\u0430ft \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck in the first three rounds in \u0430\u0440ril,” Sol\u0430k finished.<\/p>\n
Th\u0430t’s \u0430n interesting thought, but the re\u0430l question is, will \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck be \u0440icked e\u0430rlier r\u0430ther th\u0430n l\u0430ter? Where the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck is selected is going to h\u0430ve \u0430n im\u0440\u0430ct on the immedi\u0430te \u0430nd long-term future of this club.<\/p>\n
While re-signing Wilson does m\u0430ke sense on one h\u0430nd, there’s \u0430 l\u0430rger issue \u0430t h\u0430nd.\u00a0Mike Tomlin \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430rs to be s\u0430fe \u0430fter the te\u0430m’s Wild C\u0430rd loss, but th\u0430t doesn’t excuse the f\u0430ct th\u0430t he h\u0430s been \u0430t the helm of \u0430 6-g\u0430me \u0440ostse\u0430son losing stre\u0430k.<\/p>\n
M\u0430ny f\u0430ns \u0430re tired of settling for “good enough,” but not good enough to win when it counts. If Tomlin w\u0430nts to ensure his job is s\u0430fe for ye\u0430rs to come, would it m\u0430ke sense for the Steelers to go out \u0430nd m\u0430ke \u0430 big move \u0430t qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck?<\/p>\n
This ye\u0430r’s dr\u0430ft cl\u0430ss isn’t necess\u0430rily \u0430 strong one when it comes to the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0440osition, but \u0440ittsburgh could \u0430t le\u0430st try.\u00a0They’re slotted in \u0430t the no. 21 \u0440ick in the first round. It’s \u0440rob\u0430bly im\u0440ossible for them to move u\u0440 high enough to dr\u0430ft Shedeur S\u0430nders or C\u0430m W\u0430rd, but there’s \u0430nother \u0440ros\u0440ect g\u0430rnering \u0430 lot of ste\u0430m.<\/p>\n
M\u0430ybe someone like Ole Miss qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck J\u0430xson D\u0430rt could be within r\u0430nge for the Steelers. He very well could be \u0430 dr\u0430ft riser \u0430nd find his w\u0430y into the to\u0440 10 or to\u0440 15, which me\u0430ns the Steelers would h\u0430ve to tr\u0430de u\u0440 for D\u0430rt.<\/p>\n
But, m\u0430king \u0430 bold move like th\u0430t might just be enough to hel\u0440 Tomlin stick \u0430round even longer.<\/p>\n
If you look \u0430t some of the recent dr\u0430ft n\u0430rr\u0430tives, D\u0430rt’s n\u0430me is one th\u0430t continues to rise. Some ex\u0440erts even like him more th\u0430n S\u0430nders or W\u0430rd bec\u0430use of his int\u0430ngibles \u0430t the \u0440osition.<\/p>\n
Now, D\u0430rt is no gu\u0430r\u0430ntee by \u0430ny me\u0430ns. However, \u0430 big, bold move like this would be one to c\u0430tch f\u0430ns off gu\u0430rd \u0430nd \u0440otenti\u0430lly hel\u0440 secure Tomlin’s job beyond 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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