Because the Cleveland Browns added a three-time Professional Bowler, and the Denver Broncos added a Tremendous Bowl winner, and the Indianapolis Colts added a former NFL MVP, the Pittsburgh Steelers added … Mitch Trubisky?
The Steelers look like the losers of the good quarterback arms race taking place throughout the AFC, together with the importing of Russell Wilson and Matt Ryan from the NFC to the Broncos and Colts, respectively. Deshaun Watson — nonetheless underneath the cloud of twenty-two civil lawsuits alleging sexual misconduct and going through attainable suspension — is the brand new quarterback of the Steelers’ longtime rival Browns.
Besides that the Steelers may not be finished restocking at quarterback because the NFL Draft nears.
“We’ve been at high quarterback Professional Days for the primary time in a very long time as a result of we could also be ready the place we now have [a need],” basic supervisor Kevin Colbert stated Sunday on a convention name with reporters, based on ESPN. “Does that imply we’re taking one? Presumably.”
Colbert isn't on the NFL homeowners’ conferences in Florida as a result of he's on the Professional Day circuit. North Carolina’s Sam Howell will maintain his showcase Monday. Head coach Mike Tomlin is on the homeowners’ conferences — and “pissed” about it — after attending the Professional Days for Pittsburgh’s Kenny Pickett, Liberty’s Malik Willis, Cincinnati’s Desmond Ridder, and Mississippi’s Matt Corral.
“We perceive hypothesis comes with it however we aren’t hiding,” Tomlin stated, based on The Athletic.
Why didn’t the Steelers enter the commerce sweepstakes within the hunt for the retired Ben Roethlisberger’s substitute?
Colbert, who will retire after the draft, stated that the Steelers didn’t wish to half with picks so as to add a veteran quarterback, which took them out of the commerce market and put the emphasis on signing Trubisky to a two-year, $14.2 million contract firstly of free company. Trubisky, the previous No. 2 choose within the 2017 draft, was 29-21 as a starter for the Bears earlier than spending final season because the Payments’ high backup.
Draft capital is necessary if the Steelers are going to commerce up from No. 20. Some NFL personnel evaluators consider the Steelers might pounce if their top-ranked quarterback slides previous the Panthers at No. 6, Falcons at No. 8 and Seahawks at No. 9.
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