{"id":206459,"date":"2026-05-30T20:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T20:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/206459\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T20:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T20:26:09","slug":"drew-allar-makes-big-strides-at-steelers-otas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/206459\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew Allar makes big strides at Steelers OTAs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pittsburgh Steelers wrapped up their second week of OTAs on Friday, and their rookie class continues to impress. Wide receiver Germie Bernard has been a hot topic of conversation with how strong he\u2019s looked over the first two weeks of team activities, and now it\u2019s quarterback Drew Allar\u2019s turn.<\/p>\n

The third-round pick out of Penn State made strides in the second week of organized team activities, and Noah Strackbein of All Steelers named the young signal-caller as one of his winners of the week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rookie quarterback took a noticable step forward in terms of his comfort level working individual drills and with his new wide receiver core,\u201d Strackbein writes<\/a>. \u201cThat included two very nice passes where he put the ball right on the money to DK Metcalf and Germie Bernard, with coverage, about 30 yards deep. There\u2019s a long way to go before Allar is a franchise quarterback, but from Week 1 to Week 2, he got notably better. That\u2019s quick progress, and if the Mike McCarthy quarterback school is actually going to work, Allar is the perfect project to make it work on.\u201d<\/p>\n

All the Steelers can hope for is that Allar continues to take noticeable strides in his development. Should he do that, he could put himself in a good position in a year\u2019s time in a potential quarterback battle to be the Week 1 starter in 2027. The Steelers will hold mandatory minicamp next week, and will have one more set of OTAs from June 8-12. They\u2019ll then have a six-week break before reporting to Latrobe for training camp on July 28.<\/p>\n

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