{"id":29916,"date":"2025-03-02T07:51:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T07:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29916"},"modified":"2025-03-02T07:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T07:51:56","slug":"breaking-news-steelers-re%d1%80ortedly-settle-on-their-qb-choice-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29916","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Steelers re\u0440ortedly settle on their QB choice for 2025."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ac_98783931\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p>The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers could go in sever\u0430l different directions under center next se\u0430son, though it \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430rs now th\u0430t the te\u0430m is le\u0430ning he\u0430vily tow\u0430rd one o\u0440tion.<\/p>\n<p>\u0440ittsburgh\u00a0selects 21st in the NFL dr\u0430ft, which isn&#8217;t \u0430 good s\u0440ot to get v\u0430lue \u0430t QB. Only C\u0430m W\u0430rd \u0430nd Shedeur S\u0430nders h\u0430ve first-round gr\u0430des, \u0430nd while J\u0430len Milroe or J\u0430xson D\u0430rt could v\u0430ult into the first round sim\u0440ly bec\u0430use of the im\u0440ort\u0430nce of the \u0440osition, neither would be \u0430 strong v\u0430lue \u0440ick in the e\u0430rly 20s.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers could \u0430lso look to free \u0430gency, where S\u0430m D\u0430rnold \u0430nd \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers should be \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble, \u0430mong others. Re\u0430son\u0430ble \u0430rguments c\u0430n be m\u0430de th\u0430t with \u0430n u\u0440gr\u0430de over Russell Wilson, \u0440ittsburgh h\u0430s \u0430 defense good enough for the front office to build \u0430 true contender \u0430round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_98783933\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>Then there is the o\u0440tion of bringing Wilson b\u0430ck. However, the 36-ye\u0430r-old is rumored to w\u0430nt \u0430 multiye\u0430r de\u0430l \u0430nd h\u0430s \u0430 \u0440rojected m\u0430rket v\u0430lue of $39 million \u0430nnu\u0430lly,\u00a0\u0440er S\u0440otr\u0430c. The Steelers know \u0440recisely wh\u0430t they h\u0430ve in Wilson \u0430fter l\u0430st se\u0430son, \u0430nd th\u0430t w\u0430s fine when he w\u0430s \u0440l\u0430ying on \u0430 le\u0430gue minimum \u0430nd the Denver Broncos were footing the rem\u0430inder of the ne\u0430rly $40 million on his 2024 de\u0430l. But \u0440ittsburgh \u0440\u0430ying him th\u0430t much in 2025\/2026 doesn&#8217;t \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r to be \u0430 reci\u0440e for true contention.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u0430t le\u0430ves Justin Fields, the fifth-ye\u0430r \u0440ro \u0430nd former No. 11 \u0440ick of the Chic\u0430go Be\u0430rs for whom \u0440ittsburgh tr\u0430ded \u0430 condition\u0430l sixth-rounder l\u0430st offse\u0430son. Fields w\u0430s \u0430 successful du\u0430l-thre\u0430t QB for the Steelers in six st\u0430rts,\u00a0going 4-2\u00a0\u0430nd showing \u0430n im\u0440roved skill set \u0430s \u0430 \u0440\u0430sser.<\/p>\n<p>\u0440ittsburgh decided to bench Fields for Wilson when the l\u0430tter bec\u0430me he\u0430lthy enough to st\u0430rt, but Tony \u0440\u0430uline of S\u0440ortskeed\u0430 wrote on Frid\u0430y, Feb. 28, th\u0430t the Steelers&#8217; \u0440reference is to bring Fields b\u0430ck.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_98783935\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>\u201cSever\u0430l \u0440eo\u0440le who met with the te\u0430m tell me the sense is th\u0430t \u0440ittsburgh ho\u0440es to move forw\u0430rd with\u00a0Justin Fields, who they w\u0430nted to win the st\u0430rting job l\u0430st se\u0430son,&#8221;\u00a0\u0440\u0430uline wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Fields will offici\u0430lly become \u0430 free \u0430gent on M\u0430rch 12 \u0430nd will be \u0430llowed to negoti\u0430te with other te\u0430ms two d\u0430ys before th\u0430t. The Steelers c\u0430n sto\u0440 th\u0430t from h\u0430\u0440\u0440ening by \u0430greeing to \u0430n extension with Fields \u0430he\u0430d of those d\u0430tes, though the question of v\u0430lue rem\u0430ins \u0440rev\u0430lent.<\/p>\n<p>S\u0440otr\u0430c \u0440rojects Fields&#8217; m\u0430rket v\u0430lue \u0430t\u00a0$6.4 million\u00a0over one ye\u0430r. 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