{"id":827487,"date":"2026-08-27T11:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/827487\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T11:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:04:09","slug":"may-have-hit-a-home-run-former-nfl-scout-believes-steelers-fans-should-be-very-excited-about-drew-allar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/827487\/","title":{"rendered":"‘May Have Hit A Home Run’: Former NFL Scout Believes Steelers Fans Should Be ‘Very Excited’ About Drew Allar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opinions were mixed when the Pittsburgh Steelers spent a third-round pick on Drew Allar earlier this year. While Allar has a lot of nice physical tools, he had a lot of issues in college, including inaccuracy, bad-decision making, and poor mechanics. However, there was a lot of positive buzz about Allar after the Steelers\u2019 first preseason game. He failed to repeat that performance<\/a> last week, but former NFL scout Russ Lande still thinks there\u2019s a lot to like about what Allar has shown so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re a Steelers fan, you have to be very excited by the fact that they may have hit a home run with Drew Allar,\u201d Lande said Wednesday on Sports Talk with Dad\u2019s YouTube channel.<\/a> \u201cThey\u2019ve gotta be sitting there saying, \u2018This kid might be the answer.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cFor that reason, let Aaron [Rodgers] be Aaron. Let him do his thing. He can ride off into the sunset. If, 10 games in, it\u2019s clear the Steelers aren\u2019t going to the playoffs, let\u2019s get Drew some snaps. Because he has looked like the guy from 2024 as opposed to the indecisive, scared quarterback in 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a too early anoint <\/a>Allar as the Steelers\u2019 next franchise quarterback. He\u2019s only played in two preseason games, and even that\u2019s been a mixed bag.<\/p>\n

Allar completed threw for 153 yards and two touchdowns in Pittsburgh\u2019s first preseason game. It was a solid performance, even if many of his yards came after the catch.<\/p>\n

However, there was less to like about how he played against the New York Jets last week. Allar only completed 11 of his 23 pass attempts for 110 yards. While he didn\u2019t turn the ball over, he also failed to get the Steelers into the end zone.<\/p>\n

Mike McCarthy felt like the Steelers were getting a first-round pick in Allar. He clearly likes a lot of the Penn State product\u2019s tools. However, he\u2019s got a lot of work to do to unlock Allar\u2019s potential. McCarthy is known as a quarterback guru, and he\u2019s developed plenty of quality signal callers. There\u2019s a chance he could help Allar become a viable starter.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s going to take time, though. It\u2019s okay to be excited about Allar. However, fans should also temper expectations.<\/a> He\u2019s only a rookie, and his presence might not stop the Steelers from taking a quarterback high in next year\u2019s draft.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Opinions were mixed when the Pittsburgh Steelers spent a third-round pick on Drew Allar earlier this year. While…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[40548,349,1321,350508,99,3795],"class_list":["post-827487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-drew-allar","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-russ-lande","tag-sports","tag-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}