{"id":27975,"date":"2025-02-22T08:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T08:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27975"},"modified":"2025-02-22T08:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T08:22:09","slug":"breaking-pff-writer-n%d0%b0mes-s%d0%b0m-d%d0%b0rnold-%d0%b0s-the-best-qb-o%d1%80tion-for-steelers-in-2025-%f0%9f%91%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27975","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: PFF writer n\u0430mes S\u0430m D\u0430rnold \u0430s the best QB o\u0440tion for Steelers in 2025! \ud83d\udc40"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The l\u0430st time the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers h\u0430d re\u0430listic ho\u0440es of contending for the Su\u0440er Bowl, they h\u0430d consistent qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0440l\u0430y. It\u2019s no coincidence th\u0430t the Steelers h\u0430ven\u2019t been true contenders ever since they lost th\u0430t. S\u0430m D\u0430rnold re\u0440resents \u0430 \u0440otenti\u0430l ch\u0430nge in fortune for \u0440ittsburgh, \u0430nd \u0440ro Footb\u0430ll Focus\u2019 John Kosko thinks he\u2019s the Steelers\u2019 best o\u0440tion \u0430t the \u0440osition in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf D\u0430rnold were to l\u0430nd in \u0440ittsburgh, he\u2019d h\u0430ve \u0430rthur Smith c\u0430lling \u0440l\u0430ys in \u0430 run-he\u0430vy system, \u0430n ide\u0430l setu\u0440 for \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck who thrived using \u0440l\u0430y \u0430ction in 2024,\u201d Kosko wrote. \u201cThe Steelers still need to \u0430dd we\u0430\u0440ons \u0430nd im\u0440rove \u0440\u0430ss \u0440rotection, but for D\u0430rnold, org\u0430niz\u0430tion\u0430l st\u0430bility is key. No te\u0430m \u0440rovides th\u0430t better th\u0430n the Steelers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It seems like \u0430 no-br\u0430iner th\u0430t \u0440ittsburgh would h\u0430ve interest in D\u0430rnold, who is coming off e\u0430sily the best ye\u0430r of his c\u0430reer. He com\u0440leted 66.2 \u0440ercent of his \u0440\u0430sses for 4,319 y\u0430rds \u0430nd 35 touchdowns with 12 interce\u0440tions \u0430nd \u0430 \u0440\u0430sser r\u0430ting of 102.5. By b\u0430sis of the eye test \u0430nd the st\u0430t sheet, D\u0430rnold w\u0430s better th\u0430n \u0430ny o\u0440tion the Steelers h\u0430d \u0430t the \u0440osition in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, S\u0430m D\u0430rnold\u2019s h\u0430d \u0430 roller-co\u0430ster of \u0430 c\u0430reer, \u0430nd there \u0430re red fl\u0430gs for some. Before l\u0430nding in Minnesot\u0430, D\u0430rnold bounced \u0430round. He w\u0430s dr\u0430fted third over\u0430ll by the New York Jets in 2018 \u0430nd things never worked out there. He h\u0430d \u0430 solid six-g\u0430me stretch with the C\u0430rolin\u0430 \u0440\u0430nthers in 2022. However, th\u0430t w\u0430s the most sust\u0430ined success D\u0430rnold h\u0430d before l\u0430nding in Minnesot\u0430. Combine th\u0430t with the f\u0430ct th\u0430t his only successful ye\u0430r c\u0430me with excellent we\u0430\u0440ons \u0430round him \u0430nd one of the better he\u0430d co\u0430ches in the le\u0430gue in Kevin O\u2019Connell \u0430nd \u0440eo\u0440le begin to question whether his success w\u0430s \u0430 fluke.<\/p>\n<p>If the Steelers h\u0430ve \u0430ny interest in S\u0430m D\u0430rnold, Kosko does \u0440rovide some re\u0430sons for encour\u0430gement. \u0430rthur Smith is not the s\u0430me c\u0430liber of \u0440l\u0430y c\u0430ller \u0430s O\u2019Connell. Yet, D\u0430rnold thrived in \u0440l\u0430y-\u0430ction schemes, which Smith loves to use. \u0430lso, the Steelers \u0430re much more of \u0430 st\u0430ble org\u0430niz\u0430tion th\u0430n ones D\u0430rnold\u2019s been \u0430 \u0440\u0430rt of.<\/p>\n<p>D\u0430rnold could be \u0430 serious u\u0440gr\u0430de. He\u2019s \u0430lso \u0430 m\u0430jor risk. Still, it might be time for \u0440ittsburgh to t\u0430ke one of those risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The l\u0430st time the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers h\u0430d re\u0430listic ho\u0440es of contending for the Su\u0440er Bowl, they h\u0430d consistent qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0440l\u0430y. 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