The Pittsburgh Steelers are nonetheless within the combine to signal Aaron Rodgers, probably sitting because the final workforce within the sweepstakes to signal the long run Corridor of Famer. However they’re doing their due diligence on different quarterbacks past him, too.
Shedeur Sanders will go to the Steelers on Thursday, FOX Sports’ Jordan Schultz reported Tuesday. Pittsburgh, who holds the twenty first total choose, remains to be very desirous about probably signing Rodgers, though it has additionally completed in depth work on the quarterback prospects within the 2025 NFL Draft, based on Schultz.
The Colorado quarterback is extensively considered one of many prime two quarterback prospects on this yr’s draft class. FOX Sports activities NFL Draft professional Rob Rang ranked Sanders as his No. 1 quarterback in the class and the 13th-best player overall. FOX Sports activities faculty soccer lead analyst Joel Klatt additionally has Sanders ranked as the perfect quarterback within the class, placing him at No. 8 on his big board.
The sentiment that Sanders is the highest quarterback within the 2025 NFL Draft does not appear to be shared by an excellent variety of NFL groups, although, or no less than by the Tennessee Titans. Cam Ward is the heavy favourite to be the Titans’ choice once they make the No. 1 total choose on April 24.
Though the groups with the second (Cleveland Browns) and third (New York Giants) total picks are in want of a longterm resolution at quarterback, Sanders’ draft inventory nonetheless appears to be in flux. Rang had the Browns choosing Sanders at No. 2 in his most recent mock draft on Tuesday, however Nick Wright of “First Issues First” had Sanders slipping to the Steelers in his mock draft on Monday.
FOX Sports activities NFL author Greg Auman also outlined the uncertainty surrounding Sanders’ draft stock on Tuesday, writing that the New Orleans Saints could possibly be a match for him with the No. 9 choose if he have been to fall exterior the highest three. Nevertheless, he additionally famous that there could possibly be a situation the place he falls additional than that and a workforce trades as much as probably draft Sanders earlier than the Steelers are on the clock.
“The Browns and Giants, probably having handed on Sanders at 2 and three, may see sufficient worth to justify buying and selling up from the thirty third or thirty fourth choose to seize him in the course of the primary spherical,” Auman wrote. “That would profit the groups choosing straight forward of Pittsburgh — the Bucs at 19 or Broncos at 20. However a extra prepared commerce accomplice could be the Falcons, who choose at 15 and have solely three choices within the first six rounds. Cleveland and New York each have further picks close to the top of the third spherical, so we may see the Browns bundle picks 33, 67 and 94 to maneuver as much as 15.”
Pittsburgh has put itself in a troublesome place at quarterback forward of the draft. The Steelers misplaced their two main quarterbacks from final season – Russell Wilson and Justin Fields – in free company whereas signing longtime backup Mason Rudolph was the one transfer they’ve made on the place. They’ve hosted Rodgers for a go to since he grew to become a free agent, however there may be nonetheless the chance that the 41-year-old may retire this offseason.
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin mentioned that he and Rodgers have been nonetheless having a dialogue and that the workforce could be snug beginning Rudolph in the event that they needed to when he met with reporters on the league conferences in late March.
No matter Rodgers’ resolution, Pittsburgh remains to be with out a longterm choice at quarterback. The Steelers appear to be cognizant of that as properly, with Sanders being the third quarterback that they will host for a go to forward of the draft. Louisville‘s Tyler Shough and Ole Miss‘ Jaxson Dart are the opposite two quarterbacks who’ve visited Pittsburgh earlier than the 2025 NFL Draft.
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