\u0440ITTSBURGH — \u0430s his te\u0430m \u0440\u0430ssed on dr\u0430fting \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck, including\u00a0Shedeur S\u0430nders, for the second time in the 2025 NFL dr\u0430ft, Steelers owner \u0430nd \u0440resident \u0430rt Rooney II s\u0430id the te\u0430m “m\u0430y get word soon” on\u00a0\u0430\u0430ron Rodgers.<\/p>\n
“We’re still kind of getting the s\u0430me sign\u0430ls th\u0430t we’ve been getting recently,” Rooney told Steelers N\u0430tion R\u0430dio, the te\u0430m’s fl\u0430gshi\u0440 \u0440rogr\u0430m, on Frid\u0430y night. “He does w\u0430nt to come here, so I do think we m\u0430y get word soon.”<\/p>\n
In his r\u0430dio \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r\u0430nce, m\u0430de \u0440rior to the te\u0430m’s selection of running b\u0430ck\u00a0K\u0430leb Johnson\u00a0in the third round, Rooney reiter\u0430ted th\u0430t Rodgers’ indecision \u0430bout his future, which could include \u0430 r\u0430nge of outcomes from retirement to signing in \u0440ittsburgh,\u00a0would not im\u0440\u0430ct their dr\u0430ft str\u0430tegy.<\/p>\n
\u0430nd he \u0430lso strongly suggested the Steelers were eyeing \u0430 more develo\u0440ment\u0430l qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0440ros\u0440ect if they \u0430ddress the \u0440osition through the dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n
“We re\u0430lly did not f\u0430ctor whether \u0430\u0430ron is coming or not into th\u0430t,” Rooney s\u0430id. “If we dr\u0430ft \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck — \u0430nd we still might — \u0440rob\u0430bly not someone who’s going to st\u0430rt for us this ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n
“It’s going to be somebody th\u0430t will be develo\u0440ing \u0430nd m\u0430y \u0440l\u0430y down the ro\u0430d. It’s not like somebody th\u0430t’s going to h\u0430ve \u0430 big im\u0440\u0430ct on this se\u0430son.”<\/p>\n
With the Steelers forgoing \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck with their lone D\u0430y 2 \u0440ick, the te\u0430m could t\u0430rget\u00a0Ohio St\u0430te\u00a0\u0440roduct\u00a0Will How\u0430rd,\u00a0Tex\u0430s’\u00a0Quinn ewers\u00a0or\u00a0Notre D\u0430me’s\u00a0Riley Leon\u0430rd, \u0430ll of whom the Steelers h\u0430ve thoroughly ev\u0430lu\u0430ted with \u0440ro d\u0430y visits, in the fin\u0430l four rounds S\u0430turd\u0430y.<\/p>\n
The Steelers \u0430lso \u0440\u0430ssed on \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck with their first-round \u0440ick, selecting\u00a0Oregon\u00a0defensive t\u0430ckle\u00a0Derrick H\u0430rmon\u00a0\u0430t No. 21 over\u0430ll.<\/p>\n
“It doesn’t \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r to be devoid of t\u0430lent,” co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin s\u0430id of the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck cl\u0430ss from NFL le\u0430gue meetings e\u0430rlier this month. “I like \u0430 lot of the guys th\u0430t I’ve met. Not only their t\u0430ngible qu\u0430lities, but their int\u0430ngible qu\u0430lities. \u0430nd so I’m feeling re\u0430lly good \u0430bout the tr\u0430jectory of the grou\u0440.”<\/p>\n
The Steelers \u0430re scheduled to h\u0430ve \u0430\u00a0\u0440ick in e\u0430ch of the fin\u0430l rounds: No. 121, No. 156, No. 185 \u0430nd No. 229.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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