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Draft day is lastly right here and we are able to put to mattress all of the rumors and hypothesis surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers and the 2026 NFL Draft.
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It has been an attention-grabbing offseason for the Steelers, to say the least. There’s a new head coach in town in Mike McCarthy after Mike Tomlin stepped down, and the Aaron Rodgers saga is dragging on into the 2026 NFL Draft.
But the Rodgers saga additionally provides a possible attention-grabbing wrinkle to issues for Pittsburgh and it comes within the type of a query: will the Steelers draft a quarterback?
“I don’t have a problem with the Aaron Rodgers project, in terms of this year. “But I do consider you go perhaps within the latter rounds — within the third, fourth, fifth rounds — and perhaps you get one of these quarterbacks,” franchise nice Jerome Bettis mentioned.
There are a number of causes to have some further pleasure for the Steelers on this 12 months’s draft, with the primary purpose being the draft is being held in Pittsburgh.
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Another purpose is the Steelers are absolutely loaded with picks, as normal supervisor Omar Khan has compiled 5 further to provide Pittsburgh a grand complete of 12.
Let’s see the place the Steelers will likely be selecting in every spherical of the 2026 NFL Draft.
Steelers 2026 NFL Draft order
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Round 3, Pick 76 (via DAL)
Round 3, Pick 99 (comp pick)
Round 4, Pick 135 (comp pick)
Round 7, Pick 224 (via NO)
Round 7, Pick 230 (via IND)
Steelers biggest NFL Draft needs
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Quarterback will all the time prime the list so long as the Steelers stay with out a locked-in long-term resolution. Sure, Rodgers will in all probability be again, however the 42-year-old is presently a year-to-year choice and chances are high he’ll retire in 2027 even when he decides to play in 2026.
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Maybe Will Howard will be the next franchise quarterback, however the jury remains to be very a lot out on him after he did not play in any respect in 2025. Mason Rudolph fills out the room, however we already know his ceiling is a backup quarterback.
Elsewhere, the Steelers have an emerging need at left tackle because of the setback suffered by left deal with Broderick Jones in his restoration from neck surgical procedure. Guard stays one other offensive line place Pittsburgh ought to tackle following the departure of Isaac Seumalo in free company.
Another offensive place that needs to be addressed is vast receiver. Pittsburgh may be very skinny on depth behind its prime two, DK Metcalf and Michael Pittman Jr.
On protection, extra assist is required on the inside of the defensive position as Cameron Heyward‘s profession winds down. We would additionally regulate linebacker and security as positions that would get a decide. Patrick Queen is on the ultimate 12 months of his contract and Jaquan Brisker is barely on a one-year deal.
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