{"id":703616,"date":"2026-05-30T04:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/703616\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T04:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:51:09","slug":"ex-nfl-qb-brady-quinn-not-as-concerned-about-drew-allar-practice-footage-as-ben-roethlisberger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/703616\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFL QB Brady Quinn ‘Not As Concerned’ About Drew Allar Practice Footage As Ben Roethlisberger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaron Rodgers has said this will be his final NFL season, so the Pittsburgh Steelers will need a starter for 2027 and beyond. Perhaps the answer is currently on their roster. The Steelers have two young quarterbacks in Will Howard and Drew Allar. Howard has received a lot of hype, but Allar was a third-round pick this year. He\u2019s got flaws, but he also has a lot of potential. While Ben Roethlisberger found footage of<\/a> Allar practicing troubling, former NFL quarterback Brady Quinn had a different take.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look at it and say maybe it\u2019s the best thing for him,\u201d Quinn said Friday on his 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe.<\/a> \u201cBecause whatever he was taught, if they feel like it wasn\u2019t going to work, then why try to keep going that direction? At least this way, he\u2019ll be able to do things that are expected of him at the NFL level and do it the right way.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd with Rodgers, they at least have a year for him to learn, grow, and develop. We know he\u2019s got a year to be able to get all this stuff down and improve and develop into the quarterback that they hope he can be. So, I\u2019m not as concerned because I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a rush to put him in there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Allar never lived up to the hype at Penn State.<\/a> Many expected him to develop into one of the top quarterbacks in the country. However, he never progressed the way people thought he would. While Allar has a lot of physical gifts, he\u2019s held back by poor footwork and suspect decision making.<\/p>\n

Therefore, there are a lot of people who doubt that Allar can succeed in the NFL. Roethlisberger\u2019s worries are that the Steelers are working on the basics with Allar. If he can\u2019t even do that right at this point, what hope is there that he\u2019ll eventually become a quality NFL starter?<\/p>\n

Quinn\u2019s point is that Allar\u2019s not going to start this year unless something extreme happens. Therefore, he can afford to start at the beginning and relearn the position.<\/p>\n

Mike McCarthy has a history of working well with quarterbacks. He coached some all-time greats like Joe Montana and Brett Favre. Also, he helped develop the likes of Aaron Rodgers, Aaron Brooks, and Matt Hasselbeck. Allar should be in good hands. Getting to sit and learn in McCarthy\u2019s system could help unlock some of his potential.<\/p>\n

Buying or selling stock in players during OTAs is a little silly, especially when it comes to rookies. This is Allar\u2019s first time working with an NFL team. It\u2019s okay to have some patience with him.<\/p>\n

Is Allar likely going to become the Steelers\u2019 future franchise quarterback? No, but giving up on him because of<\/a> OTAs footage is foolish. We\u2019ll see how Allar looks in the preseason, and also if he has improved by the time next year comes around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers has said this will be his final NFL season, so the Pittsburgh Steelers will need a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[342491,64,63,85190,342492,103354,593,1241,85],"class_list":["post-703616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-2-pros-and-a-cup-of-joe","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ben-roethlisberger","tag-brady-quinn","tag-drew-allar","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}