THE Pittsburgh Steelers have added a brand new quarterback after turning down Shedeur Sanders in final week’s 2025 NFL Draft.

Head coach Mike Tomlin and the Steelers have seemingly revealed their quarterback plan for the upcoming season.

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The Steelers have been anticipated to pick out a quarterback within the NFL Draft, with simply Mason Rudolph and Skylar Thompson of their signal-caller room.

They’re additionally closely linked with Aaron Rodgers, however the 41-year-old’s been considering retirement, and he probably will not play a couple of season if he does return to soccer.

The Steelers confirmed curiosity in quite a few quarterbacks, together with Deion Sanders’ son, the Buffaloes star Shedeur, within the pre-draft course of.

However they snubbed Sanders and Jaxson Dart with their first-round decide, and as a substitute selected to pick out Ohio State’s Will Howard within the sixth spherical.

The long-lasting franchise drafted Howard with the No. 185 choice.

Sanders, in the meantime, fell to the fifth spherical earlier than the Cleveland Browns traded as much as purchase him with the No. 144 decide.

The Steelers handed on the quarterback place and Sanders, for a defensive sort out with their No. 21 total decide, added a working again in Spherical 3, one other defensive sort out within the fifth earlier than taking Howard.

Pittsburgh appears to place confidence in Rodgers ultimately signing with the group.

Rodgers met with the group’s facility final month.

Steelers proprietor Artwork Rooney appeared to insinuate that Rodgers has given them indicators that he’ll be a part of the franchise within the close to future.

“We’re nonetheless type of getting the identical alerts we have been getting just lately that he does wish to come right here,” Rooney stated on Steelers Nation Radio.

“I do assume we might get phrase quickly clearly with issues beginning to crank up right here with the offseason program, and so on.

“If he is coming, want to get him right here quickly for a few of that.”

Tomlin additionally stated throughout an look on NFL Community that the Steelers have had “actually productive” talks with Rodgers.

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It is unlikely that Howard can be given the keys to the Steelers’ offense.

He helped Ohio State win the nationwide championship in January.

However Rooney revealed that any quarterback added by means of the draft will probably be a developmental mission.

With the 2025 NFL Draft over, the Steelers can have their eyes set on OTAs (Organized Group Actions), which start on Might 21.