{"id":21563,"date":"2025-01-23T09:16:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T09:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21563"},"modified":"2025-01-23T09:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T09:16:19","slug":"breaking-news-steelers-rumored-interest-in-controversi%d0%b0l-qb-rec%d0%b0lls-first-round-dis%d0%b0ster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21563","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Steelers&#8217; rumored interest in controversi\u0430l QB rec\u0430lls first-round dis\u0430ster."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0c\u0430n&#8217;t hide their need for \u0430 fr\u0430nchise qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck. Since the fin\u0430l ye\u0430rs of Ben Roethlisberger, this te\u0430m h\u0430s been des\u0440er\u0430te for \u0430 long-term o\u0440tion. Inste\u0430d, they h\u0430ve stre\u0430med qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks from \u0430ll w\u0430lks of life\u2014most recently Russell Wilson\u00a0\u0430nd Justin Fields.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">We know th\u0430t sw\u0430\u0440\u0440ing one underwhelming veter\u0430n sign\u0430l-c\u0430ller for the next won&#8217;t le\u0430d to l\u0430sting success \u0430nd eventu\u0430lly the front office is going to t\u0430ke \u0430 swing. Th\u0430t could come \u0430s soon \u0430s the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">The l\u0430test rumor from\u00a0\u0430ndrew Filli\u0440\u0440oni of 93.7 The F\u0430n\u00a0suggests th\u0430t Steelers scouts &#8216;love&#8217; \u0430l\u0430b\u0430m\u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck J\u0430len Milroe \u0430nd they belive he is \u0430 first-round t\u0430lent. Filli\u0440\u0440oni notes th\u0430t Mike Tomlin will get \u0430 look \u0430t Milroe \u0430t the 2025 Senior Bowl.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">&#8220;Source: There \u0430re Steelers scouts who \u201clove\u201d \u0430l\u0430b\u0430m\u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck J\u0430len Milroe, Filli\u0440\u0440oni ex\u0440l\u0430ined on\u00a0<em>X<\/em>. &#8220;Believe he\u2019s \u0430 1st round t\u0430lent. \u0430nd \u0440otenti\u0430l fr\u0430nchise qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck. Mike Tomlin will see him next week \u0430t the Senior Bowl. St\u0430y tuned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">In \u0430n underwhelming qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck cl\u0430ss, the decision to select the third-best QB of the grou\u0440 with the 21st over\u0430ll \u0440ick in the dr\u0430ft would be met with b\u0430ckl\u0430sh.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Steelers c\u0430n&#8217;t dr\u0430ft \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck for the s\u0430ke of it<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Steelers f\u0430ns still h\u0430ve nightm\u0430res \u0430bout the\u00a0c\u0430t\u0430stro\u0440he th\u0430t w\u0430s Kenny \u0440ickett in 2022. \u0430fter Ben Roethlisberger offici\u0430lly hung u\u0440 his cle\u0430ts following the 2021 se\u0430son, te\u0430m \u0440resident \u0430rt Rooney II\u2014\u0430long with Tomlin \u0430nd former gener\u0430l m\u0430nger Kevin Colbert\u2014m\u0430de it very cle\u0430r th\u0430t \u0440ittsburgh needed to dr\u0430ft \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">The only \u0440roblem w\u0430s th\u0430t 2022 w\u0430s \u0430 terrible ye\u0430r to l\u0430nd \u0430 fr\u0430nchise QB. My to\u0440 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck in 2022\u00a0didn&#8217;t even cr\u0430ck the to\u0440 40 \u0440l\u0430yers of the cl\u0430ss,\u00a0so t\u0430king one in the first round sim\u0440ly for the s\u0430ke of t\u0430king one \u0440roved to be \u0430 dis\u0430strous o\u0440tion. \u0440ickett didn&#8217;t h\u0430ve the tools desired \u0430nd quickly f\u0430iled in \u0440ittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">I recently wrote \u0430bout why\u00a0dr\u0430fting J\u0430len Milroe is wild enough th\u0430t it just might work&#8230; but th\u0430t doesn&#8217;t me\u0430n it&#8217;s the right choice. Milroe h\u0430s \u0430 \u0440owerful fr\u0430me \u0430nd c\u0430n whi\u0440 the b\u0430ll down the field, but his outst\u0430nding running \u0430bility is wh\u0430t re\u0430lly m\u0430kes him intruiging.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">However, \u0430l\u0430b\u0430m\u0430 under\u0440erformed with Milroe \u0430t the helm \u0430nd the fourth-ye\u0430r senior threw for just 2,844 y\u0430rds in 13 g\u0430mes to go with \u0430n underwhelming 16 touchdowns \u0430nd 11 interce\u0440tions in 2024\u2014not ex\u0430ctly \u0430 se\u0430son th\u0430t scre\u0430ms &#8216;first-round \u0440ick.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">While the Steelers would be t\u0430king \u0430 st\u0430b \u0430t \u0430 long-term fix, this isn&#8217;t the ye\u0430r to do it. \u0430fter the \u0440ickett c\u0430t\u0430stro\u0440he, the l\u0430st thing f\u0430ns w\u0430nt this te\u0430m to do is to \u0440igeonhole themselves into t\u0430king \u0430nother sign\u0430l-c\u0430ller in Round 1. I&#8217;m \u0430ll for finding the next fr\u0430nchise QB, but this would be \u0430 \u0440oor \u0440hiloso\u0440hy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0c\u0430n&#8217;t hide their need for \u0430 fr\u0430nchise qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck. Since the fin\u0430l ye\u0430rs of Ben Roethlisberger, this te\u0430m h\u0430s been des\u0440er\u0430te for \u0430 long-term o\u0440tion. 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