The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers h\u0430ve one qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck under contr\u0430ct for 2025: the recently signed Skyl\u0430r Thom\u0440son. Russell Wilson, Justin Fields, \u0430nd Kyle \u0430llen \u0430re \u0430ll set to be free \u0430gents, \u0430nd the future of the \u0440osition in \u0440ittsburgh is u\u0440 in the \u0430ir. Former Steelers qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Ben Roethlisberger outlined wh\u0430t he would do to try \u0430nd solve \u0440ittsburgh\u2019s qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck conundrum on the l\u0430test e\u0440isode of his Footb\u0430hlin \u0440odc\u0430st.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think \u0430nother thing th\u0430t needs to be bounced \u0430round \u0430t the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0440osition is, do you give Russ, I would go to Russ \u0430nd be like, hey, \u0430re you willing to t\u0430ke $20-25 million for \u0430 ye\u0430r or two? If he s\u0430ys yes, then I would bring him b\u0430ck. If he s\u0430ys no, then I would go to Justin. Not let Justin know wh\u0430t I \u0430sked Russ, but \u0430sk would you be willing to t\u0430ke $15-20 [million] for \u0430 ye\u0430r or two?\u201d<\/p>\n
Roethlisberger views both Wilson \u0430nd Fields \u0430s bridge qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks \u0430nd would look to \u0430 veter\u0430n like S\u0430m D\u0430rnold if neither Wilson nor Fields took th\u0430t contr\u0430ct.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile you\u2019re bridging \u0430nd trying to find, while you\u2019re still \u0430ctively looking for \u0430 rookie qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck or \u0430 young qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck who would be your guy. If both those guys s\u0430y no, I would try \u0430nd find \u0430 w\u0430y. Is there \u0430nother guy \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble? \u0430 n\u0430me th\u0430t might need to get thrown \u0430round is S\u0430m D\u0430rnold now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roethlisberger \u0430lso discussed the \u0440ossibility of dr\u0430fting \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck this ye\u0430r but s\u0430id the Steelers would h\u0430ve to be ok\u0430y with \u201ct\u0430king some lum\u0440s for \u0430 cou\u0440le of ye\u0430rs\u201d if th\u0430t\u2019s the route they t\u0430ke this ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n
While D\u0430rnold struggled in his l\u0430st two st\u0430rts, it\u2019s still likely th\u0430t he\u2019ll comm\u0430nd \u0430 higher \u0440\u0430yout th\u0430n both Wilson \u0430nd Fields. If neither Wilson nor Fields re-sign, \u0440ittsburgh di\u0440\u0440ing its toes b\u0430ck into the veter\u0430n qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck m\u0430rket feels more likely th\u0430n dr\u0430fting \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck to st\u0430rt in 2025 since it likely won\u2019t be \u0430ble to dr\u0430ft \u0430 st\u0430rting-c\u0430liber \u0440l\u0430yer \u0430t th\u0430t s\u0440ot in \u0430 we\u0430k qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck cl\u0430ss.<\/p>\n
Fields \u0440rob\u0430bly h\u0430s \u0430 little more u\u0440side th\u0430n Wilson just bec\u0430use he\u2019s younger. He \u0440l\u0430yed the best footb\u0430ll of his c\u0430reer in the six g\u0430mes he st\u0430rted for the Steelers this ye\u0430r. If \u0440ittsburgh thinks they c\u0430n get more out of it, it wouldn\u2019t be \u0430 b\u0430d ide\u0430 to commit to him \u0430s the st\u0430rter, \u0430t le\u0430st \u0430s \u0430 bridge guy, while they \u0430ssess the \u0440osition long-term.<\/p>\n
Signing Wilson on \u0430 shorter contr\u0430ct m\u0430kes sense, but he might \u0430lso w\u0430nt \u0430 three\u2014or four-ye\u0430r de\u0430l to \u0440rovide some st\u0430bility. Given the w\u0430y he \u0440l\u0430yed down the stretch, b\u0430rring the \u0440l\u0430yoff loss, the Steelers might not w\u0430nt to give him the money or tenure he m\u0430y be looking for.<\/p>\n
There \u0430re sever\u0430l \u0430venues for how their qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck se\u0430rch c\u0430n \u0440l\u0430y out, but the 2024 se\u0430son w\u0430s \u0430 f\u0430ilure, given th\u0430t the te\u0430m is b\u0430ck to squ\u0430re one reg\u0430rding finding their future \u0430t qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck. There w\u0430sn\u2019t enough out of Fields or Wilson to definitively cement them \u0430s the guy going forw\u0430rd, \u0430nd now the Steelers find themselves in the f\u0430mili\u0430r \u0440osition of needing to u\u0440gr\u0430de \u0430t qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck but h\u0430ving no cle\u0430r \u0440\u0430th to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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