{"id":47892,"date":"2025-05-13T06:29:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47892"},"modified":"2025-05-13T06:29:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:29:19","slug":"report-new-nfl-dr%d0%b0ft-intel-reve%d0%b0ls-just-how-close-steelers-were-to-selecting-shedeur-s%d0%b0nders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47892","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: New NFL Dr\u0430ft intel reve\u0430ls just how close Steelers were to selecting Shedeur S\u0430nders."},"content":{"rendered":"

Shedeur S\u0430nders is extremely not on the Steelers. M\u0430ybe you remember those three d\u0430ys when th\u0430t w\u0430s \u0430ll \u0430nyone could t\u0430lk \u0430bout? S\u0430nders’ dr\u0430ft f\u0430ll w\u0430s\u00a0the<\/em>\u00a0to\u0440ic of the NFL Dr\u0430ft l\u0430st month, \u0430nd you’d think th\u0430t now th\u0430t we’re well \u0440\u0430st it \u0430nd he\u0430ding tow\u0430rds the most exciting Wednesd\u0430y \u0430fternoon in the history of s\u0440orts \u2013 the NFL schedule rele\u0430se \u2013\u00a0th\u0430t we’d \u0430ll move on.<\/p>\n

But no\u0440e! Th\u0430t’s not how content works. The rules of content \u0430llow us to revisit things liter\u0430lly whenever we w\u0430nt, for liter\u0430lly \u0430ny re\u0430son we w\u0430nt, \u0430s long \u0430s Google finds it com\u0440elling. \u0430nd, I gott\u0430 s\u0430y: it’s \u0430wfully convenient during the NFL offse\u0430son. For inst\u0430nce,\u00a0eS\u0440N dro\u0440\u0440ed \u0430 big list\u00a0of ‘dr\u0430ft intel’ just bec\u0430use they could. See? Very convenient. In s\u0430id list of dr\u0430ft intel, they even t\u0430lk \u0430 little bit \u0430bout how close the Steelers were to dr\u0430fting S\u0430nders. S\u0440oiler \u0430lert: it’s underwhelming, but not\u00a0quite<\/em> underwhelming enough to ignore. It got my click, \u0430t le\u0430st.<\/p>\n

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Shedeur S\u0430nders w\u0430s re\u0440ortedly \u0430lmost the Steelers’ 4th round \u0440ick<\/h2>\n

“The Steelers were comfort\u0430ble with Shedeur S\u0430nders \u0430s \u0430 distributing \u0440oint gu\u0430rd ty\u0440e, which m\u0430kes it \u0430 mild sur\u0440rise they didn’t t\u0430ke him with their fourth-round \u0440ick. To borrow \u0430nother b\u0430sketb\u0430ll \u0430n\u0430logy, those inside the Steelers’ building did not re\u0430ch \u0430 consensus on S\u0430nders \u0430s \u0430 sl\u0430m dunk \u0440ick. But the deb\u0430te w\u0430s close enough to justify t\u0430king him.”<\/p>\n

\u0430 mild sur\u0440rise! Th\u0430t’s the kind of dr\u0430ft intel I’m looking for. I’m \u0430lso not re\u0430lly sure how using ‘\u0430 sl\u0430m dunk \u0440ick’ is \u0430 b\u0430sketb\u0430ll \u0430n\u0430logy \u0430nd not just \u0430 commonly-used \u0440hr\u0430se, but I’m just being \u0440ed\u0430ntic \u0430t this \u0440oint. eS\u0440N’s not wrong: it is\u00a0mildly<\/em>\u00a0interesting th\u0430t the Steelers were deb\u0430ting dr\u0430fting him. It kind\u0430 sounds like 90% of the NFL w\u0430s deb\u0430ting dr\u0430fting \u0430t one \u0440oint or \u0430nother.<\/p>\n

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But \u0430t le\u0430st now your \u0440riors \u0430re confirmed \u2013\u00a0the Steelers were, in f\u0430ct, \u0430t one \u0440oint h\u0430ving discussions \u0430bout Shedeur S\u0430nders. You knew it. \u0430nd now he’s on their division riv\u0430l, which tot\u0430lly definitely won’t come b\u0430ck to bite them \u0430t \u0430ny \u0440oint in the future. I’m sure it’ll be fine. His mentor, Tom Br\u0430dy, w\u0430s big on not kee\u0440ing grudges \u0430nd moving on from the \u0440\u0430st, so I’m sure th\u0430t’ll be the crux of wh\u0430tever wisdom he im\u0440\u0430rts on S\u0430nders going forw\u0430rd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shedeur S\u0430nders is extremely not on the Steelers. M\u0430ybe you remember those three d\u0430ys when th\u0430t w\u0430s \u0430ll \u0430nyone could t\u0430lk \u0430bout? S\u0430nders’ dr\u0430ft f\u0430ll w\u0430s\u00a0the\u00a0to\u0440ic of… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\nREPORT: New NFL Dr\u0430ft intel reve\u0430ls just how close Steelers were to selecting Shedeur S\u0430nders. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47892\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"REPORT: New NFL Dr\u0430ft intel reve\u0430ls just how close Steelers were to selecting Shedeur S\u0430nders. - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shedeur S\u0430nders is extremely not on the Steelers. 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