{"id":54808,"date":"2025-06-10T03:02:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T03:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54808"},"modified":"2025-06-10T03:02:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T03:02:17","slug":"breaking-trade-pitch-sees-steelers-land-shedeur-sanders-despite-aaron-rodgers-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54808","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Trade Pitch Sees Steelers Land Shedeur Sanders Despite Aaron Rodgers Signing.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2217996793-e1749506607742.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2217996793-e1749506607742.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2217996793-e1749506607742.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2217996793-e1749506607742.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Shedeur Sanders\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"123\" data-dom-ready-time=\"170\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Could the Steelers trade for Shedeur Sanders even though they just signed Aaron Rodgers?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0spent the majority of their offseason getting linked to legendary quarterback Aaron Rodgers in free agency. Sure enough, they finally managed to sign him to a new deal last week, agreeing to terms on a\u00a0one-year, $13.65 million deal\u00a0that will make him their starting quarterback for at least the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>While Rodgers appears to be a temporary stopgap at the quarterback position, Pittsburgh still needs to work on finding their quarterback of the future. With that in mind, could the team potentially explore a trade with the\u00a0Cleveland Browns\u00a0that would see them acquire a quarterback they just passed on several times during the 2025 NFL draft? Let\u2019s take a closer look at this trade pitch that would bring Shedeur Sanders to town.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Steelers\u2019 Shedeur Sanders Trade Pitch<\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-youtube-com\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Play\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PQ2tqYOpnrI?autoplay=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Steelers receive: Shedeur Sanders<br \/>\nBrowns receive: 2026 third-round pick<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sanders entered the 2025 draft with expectations of being a first-round pick. Instead, he fell all the way to the fifth round, where the Browns eventually traded up to select him with the No. 144 pick. Sanders finds himself in a quarterback room consisting of Deshaun Watson, Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel, who was selected by the team in the third round of the draft.<\/p>\n<p>With Watson re-rupturing his Achilles back in January, Cleveland\u2019s starting quarterback job is wide open. Sanders has reportedly impressed Browns coaches early on, and he appears to have as good of a shot as everyone else at becoming the Week 1 starter. However, it\u2019s worth noting that there\u2019s a bit of a logjam at the position.<\/p>\n<p>Given that they selected Gabriel before Sanders, it\u2019s clear that Cleveland believes more in the former Oregon Ducks passer to become their quarterback of the future. That could lead them to capitalize off of the positive buzz surrounding Sanders and attempt to move him to a team like the Steelers that has a weaker quarterback depth chart.<\/p>\n<p>Behind Rodgers, Pittsburgh has Mason Rudolph, Will Howard, and Skylar Thompson. The problem is that if Rodgers gets injured or regresses, the Steelers don\u2019t really have anywhere to turn, which could make them a landing spot for Sanders in a potential trade, even though they passed on him just over a month ago in the draft. The Browns would happily take a 2026 third-round pick in exchange for Sanders considering they just used a fifth rounder on him in April.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Would Steelers, Browns Be Interested in This Shedeur Sanders Trade?<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5380319\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-5380319 visible\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2217996503-e1749149113830.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Shedeur Sanders, Cleveland Browns\" width=\"782\" height=\"442\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5380319\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2217996503-e1749149113830.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5380319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Shedeur Sanders at Browns OTAs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The concept of Cleveland trading Sanders is admittedly a bit far-fetched since they only drafted him back in April. However, if they get a third-round pick like Pittsburgh is tentatively offering here, why wouldn\u2019t they accept this trade? They have another rookie in Gabriel at their disposal, and they would essentially be flipping a fifth-round pick for a third-round pick.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side of things, the deal makes less sense for the Steelers. They had every opportunity to draft Sanders, but they didn\u2019t, as they instead waited until the sixth round to select Howard. Sanders is a first-round talent in some evaluator\u2019s eyes, which could make giving up a third-round pick for him a steal, but with Rodgers on board, there isn\u2019t an immediate need for Sanders, which makes this deal unlikely to happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Could the Steelers trade for Shedeur Sanders even though they just signed Aaron Rodgers? 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