{"id":145770,"date":"2026-03-23T07:35:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/145770\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T07:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:35:23","slug":"a-qb-in-every-round-for-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/145770\/","title":{"rendered":"A QB in every round for Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 22, 2026, 1:02 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">We are only a month from the 2026 NFL draft and we still have no idea who the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" data-autotag=\"c4d4185f-a327-423a-aa54-67a40f9dee05\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> starting quarterback will be. Most assume Aaron Rodgers will eventually relent and re-sign with Pittsburgh for another year. However, no matter what Rodgers decides to do, the Steelers cannot neglect the position in the draft when looking ahead to the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 2026 quarterback class is a mixed bag. Almost every prospect in this draft, minus Indiana&#8217;s Fernando Mendoza, is a projection based on potential as opposed to a strong body of work so no matter which guy on this list the Steelers might select, it&#8217;s a calculated risk.<\/p>\n<p>First round &#8211; Ty Simpson &#8211; Alabama<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">We concede that if the Steelers want Simpson, they cannot wait until their pick in the second round to get him.<\/p>\n<p>Second round &#8211; Drew Allar &#8211; Penn State<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A healthy Drew Allar is a great option for a team looking for a traditional dropback quarterback with NFL traits.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>Third round &#8211; Cole Payton &#8211; North Dakota State<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Cole Payton is getting a ton of draft momentum this offseason and reminds some pundits as a young Josh Allen.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth round &#8211; Taylen Green &#8211; Arkansas<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Green is very raw as a passer but his athletic traits are too good to pass up.<\/p>\n<p>Fifth round &#8211; Cade Klubnik &#8211; Clemson<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">2025 Klubnik was bad but 2024 Klubnik is good enough to take a flyer on.<\/p>\n<p>Sixth round &#8211; Jack Strand &#8211; Minnesota State Moorehead<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A relative unknown whose film is very good, Strand is a lot like Allar in his style of play and physical tools.<\/p>\n<p>Seventh round &#8211; Luke Altmyer &#8211; Illinois<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Altmyer doesn&#8217;t have any physical traits that stand out, but he does everything well enough and has a very high football IQ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 22, 2026, 1:02 p.m. ET We are only a month from the 2026 NFL draft and we&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[942,73,75,74,29044,38167,8758,543,18095,2180,2173,542,7535,2514,8757,544,535],"class_list":["post-145770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-accessfree","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-sstssportsnflsteelers","tag-sstsnsteelers","tag-tagaaron-rodgers","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagbig-ten-conference-football","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagpenn-state-nittany-lions","tag-tagpittsburgh","tag-tagpittsburgh-steelers","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}