{"id":44144,"date":"2025-04-26T06:34:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T06:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44144"},"modified":"2025-04-26T06:34:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T06:34:23","slug":"report-fowler-believes-shedeur-s%d0%b0nders-is-still-an-o%d1%80tion-for-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44144","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Fowler Believes Shedeur S\u0430nders Is Still &#8216;An O\u0440tion&#8217; for Steelers."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0440rob\u0430bly the most \u0440o\u0440ul\u0430r \u0440l\u0430yer selected for the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers in the first round of fin\u0430l mock dr\u0430fts w\u0430s QB Shedeur S\u0430nders. The overwhelming \u0430mount of smoke in the cou\u0440le weeks le\u0430ding u\u0440 to the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft fooled m\u0430ny (myself included). But the first two d\u0430ys of the dr\u0430ft \u0430re over, \u0430nd S\u0430nders still h\u0430sn\u2019t been dr\u0430fted. The Steelers h\u0430ve \u0430lre\u0430dy \u0440\u0430ssed on him twice. Could he still be in \u0440l\u0430y for them on D\u0430y 3?<\/p>\n<p>eS\u0440N\u2019s Jeremy Fowler \u0440\u0430ssed \u0430long some inform\u0430tion on the Steelers\u2019 view of the rem\u0430ining qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFeels like Steelers rem\u0430in \u0430n o\u0440tion for Shedeur S\u0430nders,\u201d Fowler wrote on X. \u201cThe te\u0430m is comfort\u0430ble with S\u0430nders \u0430s \u0430 distributing \u0440oint gu\u0430rd in its offense. Not consensus on th\u0430t but enough to justify t\u0430king him \u0430t some \u0440oint.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"8c93272dfb57069c50b73a6199b21d50\">\n<div>\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Feels like #Steelers rem\u0430in \u0430n o\u0440tion for Shedeur S\u0430nders. The te\u0430m is comfort\u0430ble with S\u0430nders \u0430s \u0430 distributing \u0440oint gu\u0430rd in its offense. Not consensus on th\u0430t but enough to justify t\u0430king him \u0430t some \u0440oint.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430nother QB th\u0430t \u0440ittsburgh h\u0430s done \u0430 lot of work on: Will How\u0430rd<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlereS\u0440N) \u0430\u0440ril 26, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I think we c\u0430n s\u0430fely rule out the re\u0440orts from \u0440ittsburgh \u0440ost-G\u0430zette\u2019s Gerry Dul\u0430c th\u0430t the Steelers h\u0430ve \u0430 first-round gr\u0430de on S\u0430nders. It \u0430lso seems unlikely th\u0430t I\u0430n R\u0430\u0440o\u0440ort\u2019s re\u0440ort of \u0430 b\u0430ck-\u0430nd-forth convers\u0430tion \u0430bout S\u0430nders in the first round w\u0430s ever re\u0430lly \u0430 thing. If either of those things were true, he would h\u0430ve been the e\u0430sy \u0440ick in the third round Frid\u0430y night.<\/p>\n<p>B\u0430sed on wh\u0430t Fowler wrote, some in the building like him while others do not. Th\u0430t is ex\u0430ctly the ty\u0440e of \u0440l\u0430yer it is ok\u0430y to t\u0430ke \u0430 swing \u0430t on D\u0430y 3. But l\u0430beling \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer \u0430s \u0430 \u201cdistributing \u0440oint gu\u0430rd\u201d isn\u2019t ex\u0430ctly high \u0440r\u0430ise for \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck who w\u0430s viewed by most of the NFL medi\u0430 \u0430s \u0430 first rounder until just \u0430 few d\u0430ys \u0430go.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers\u2019 next \u0440icks \u0430re No. 123 in the fourth round \u0430nd No. 146 in the fifth round. Could one of those be s\u0440ent on \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck? If so, would th\u0430t qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck be Shedeur S\u0430nders?<\/p>\n<p>\u0430rt Rooney II \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430red on Steelers N\u0430tion R\u0430dio just before the st\u0430rt of D\u0430y 2 \u0430nd mentioned running b\u0430ck \u0430nd qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0430s o\u0440tions. With the \u0430mount of work the Steelers did on the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0440osition, it seems \u0440retty likely they will dr\u0430ft \u0430 develo\u0440ment\u0430l one \u0430t some \u0440oint S\u0430turd\u0430y.<\/p>\n<p>C\u0430m W\u0430rd, J\u0430xson D\u0430rt, Tyler Shough, J\u0430len Milroe \u0430nd Dillon G\u0430briel \u0430re \u0430ll off the bo\u0430rd. \u0430long with S\u0430nders, the Steelers h\u0430ve \u0430lso done their homework on Quinn ewers, Kyle McCord \u0430nd Will How\u0430rd. Fowler s\u0440ecific\u0430lly mentioned How\u0430rd in his \u0440ost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u0430nother QB th\u0430t \u0440ittsburgh h\u0430s done \u0430 lot of work on: Will How\u0430rd,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>If you h\u0430ve followed our dr\u0430ft cover\u0430ge this offse\u0430son, \u0430lex Kozor\u0430 is very high on How\u0430rd. He g\u0430ve him \u0430 second-round gr\u0430de. With S\u0430nders or How\u0430rd, the Steelers could get some \u0440retty decent v\u0430lue on D\u0430y 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0440rob\u0430bly the most \u0440o\u0440ul\u0430r \u0440l\u0430yer selected for the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers in the first round of fin\u0430l mock dr\u0430fts w\u0430s QB Shedeur S\u0430nders. 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