The dearth of a positive starter at quarterback for the 2025 season led many individuals to assume the Steelers would goal that place within the first spherical of the NFL Draft on Thursday evening, however that’s not the place they went with the twenty first choose.
Defensive lineman Derrick Harmon was the choice with Shedeur Sanders, Jaxson Dart and each different quarterback who wasn’t Cam Ward nonetheless on the board. After the choice was made, Common Supervisor Omar Khan mentioned the crew fielded commerce affords for the choose however that they’d recognized the previous Oregon star as a participant they’d not commerce away from earlier than they had been on the clock.
Head coach Mike Tomlin mentioned the urgency others noticed to handle quarterback was the best way the crew felt about their wants on the defensive position.
“Excessive urgency to be fairly sincere with you,” Tomlin mentioned, by way of the crew’s web site. “There’s no substitute for younger expertise. You don’t have an opportunity to discipline a top quality protection until you’re stout up entrance. [Harmon] is a man who has the chance to look towards the likes of Cam Hayward and put his hand in that pile and be a big contributor for years to return.”
The Steelers don’t have a second-round choose after buying and selling for DK Metcalf final month and a few will seemingly conclude that their strikes level to Aaron Rodgers ultimately agreeing to affix the crew as their quarterback. It stays to be seen if that’s the case, however we all know Harmon goes to be an enormous a part of the puzzle in Pittsburgh.
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