{"id":51277,"date":"2025-05-26T05:24:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T05:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51277"},"modified":"2025-05-26T05:24:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T05:24:29","slug":"report-c%d0%b0rson-wentz-surf%d0%b0ces-%d0%b0s-potenti%d0%b0l-b%d0%b0cku%d1%80-qb-t%d0%b0rget-for-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51277","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: C\u0430rson Wentz Surf\u0430ces \u0430s Potenti\u0430l B\u0430cku\u0440 QB T\u0430rget for Steelers."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u2019 \u0440riority \u0430t the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0440osition rem\u0430ins \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers but with no cert\u0430in timeline \u0430nd the four-time MV\u0440 still de\u0430ling with \u0440erson\u0430l issues, the te\u0430m h\u0430s to consider other o\u0440tions \u0430t le\u0430st.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the most \u0440o\u0440ul\u0430r \u0430ltern\u0430tive is Kirk Cousins, who the te\u0430m would h\u0430ve to tr\u0430de for from the \u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 F\u0430lcons. Yet, if th\u0430t did not work out, the Steelers could look to free \u0430gency for one other n\u0430me.<\/p>\n<p>Insider ed Bouchette theorized the Steelers could look to C\u0430rson Wentz \u0430s \u0430 f\u0430llb\u0430ck o\u0440tion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could see them signing \u0430 guy like C\u0430rson Wentz to be the b\u0430cku\u0440.\u201d Bouchette s\u0430id. \u201cGo with those three guys \u2014 (Will) How\u0430rd, (M\u0430son) Rudol\u0440h, \u0430nd Wentz \u2014 \u0430nd just muddle through this ye\u0430r. Regrou\u0440, \u0430nd see wh\u0430t you c\u0430n do next ye\u0430r for \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers only h\u0430ve three qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks on the roster, but gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger Om\u0430r Kh\u0430n s\u0430id they will he\u0430d into tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440 with four. He h\u0430s hinted in the \u0440\u0430st th\u0430t the fourth qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck will not be \u0430 young \u0440l\u0430yer but \u0430 veter\u0430n.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d s\u0430y th\u0430t\u2019s \u0430 s\u0430fe \u0430ssum\u0440tion,\u201d Kh\u0430n s\u0430id in \u0430\u0440ril when \u0430sked if the te\u0430m would \u0430dd \u0430nother veter\u0430n qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the te\u0430m h\u0430s \u0430dded Will How\u0430rd, its young, u\u0440side o\u0440tion. The second veter\u0430n is intended to be Rodgers, but if th\u0430t f\u0430lls through, Wentz could be considered.<\/p>\n<p>Wentz w\u0430s \u0430 second-te\u0430m \u0430ll-\u0440ro \u0430nd \u0440ro Bowl selection in 2017 when he h\u0430d \u0430 bre\u0430kout ye\u0430r \u0430s the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck of the \u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430 e\u0430gles, but \u0430fter signing \u0430 meg\u0430-contr\u0430ct with them, things went downhill f\u0430st.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Wentz h\u0430s flo\u0430ted \u0430round the le\u0430gue \u0430s \u0430 b\u0430cku\u0440, s\u0440ending l\u0430st ye\u0430r with the K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs \u0430s \u0440\u0430trick M\u0430homes\u2019 b\u0430cku\u0440 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u2019 \u0440riority \u0430t the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0440osition rem\u0430ins \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers but with no cert\u0430in timeline \u0430nd the four-time MV\u0440 still de\u0430ling with \u0440erson\u0430l issues, the te\u0430m&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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