{"id":554941,"date":"2026-03-23T08:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/554941\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T08:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:34:08","slug":"steelers-projected-to-take-1-6-million-qb-as-potential-aaron-rodgers-replacement-in-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/554941\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers Projected to Take $1.6 Million QB As Potential Aaron Rodgers Replacement in 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/pittsburgh-steelers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> are entering a new era after replacing Mike Tomlin with <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/tag\/mike-mccarthy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike McCarthy<\/a>, following 19 seasons at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>The connection between McCarthy and quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/tag\/aaron-rodgers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Rodgers<\/a> is evident, but Rodgers has not yet decided whether he will continue his playing career or retire. Despite this uncertainty, Rodgers had a successful first season with the team, passing for 3,322 yards, completing 24 touchdown passes, and throwing seven interceptions, which resulted in a completion rate of 65.7%. He also led the team to the postseason; however, they were eliminated in the wild-card round, losing to the <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/houston-texans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Texans<\/a> 30-6.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of whether Rodgers stays or leaves, the team must begin preparing for the future. That\u2019s why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/four-round-2026-nfl-mock-draft-cardinals-and-steelers-each-nab-a-quarterback-in-round-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL.com\u2019s Chad Reuter predicts<\/a> the Steelers will select Miami Hurricanes quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/tag\/carson-beck\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carson Beck<\/a> in the third round of the <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/tag\/2026-nfl-draft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NFL Draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers are entering a new era after replacing Mike Tomlin with Mike McCarthy, following 19 seasons&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-554941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}