Steelers' draft strategy

Those stats certainly fit greatest need

 

Mendoza staying home with his family

Cudos to him

 

Do they let players bring their family with them to the 'green room'?

 

Yes

At least in the past

 

Jim Mora, Dennis Green and Mike Singletary are post-game press conference legends. Wish more coaches were as honest as those guys.

 

I think they're great when they are the head coach of someone else's team!

You may not want your head coach erupting at the podium like that!

 

Mike Ditka was hilarious at times, too. Forgot about him. You could tell he hated the press.

 

This tells you that already that they're begining to regret this move and he has disapointed, they have already given up on the supposed unicorn aspect of their draft pick.

 

Please no more wasted picks on QB's in terrible QB drafts. We've just been down that road and wasted a 1st rounder on a cry baby who didn't have a single NFL level trait.

 

Simpson is getting some Steelers hype on Cowherd's show today. Hope they pass on him and get a DT, WR, CB or OT/OG in the first round.

 

I remember last year all the media were absolutely DESPERATE to get Sanders on the Steelers because they knew he had a very few spots and would fall, (no-one though that far) but that's what happened. I'd expect the media to ramp up the Simpson to Pittsburgh hype train as the draft approaches. I don't think even the Jets are dumb enough to throw a 1st round dart at TS.

Yeah, I'll take BPA in any of those positions, an early QB would just be waste, and late round flyer makes no sense as we havent even last years late round flyer take a snap yet.

 

Yes




Will Levis with his GF in the Green room

 

art2 is the only guy left from the people that drafted pickett. different GM's, scouts, coaches. the only thing in common is art2 and they are still called the steelers.

 

Random musing... what if cheerleaders were around in medieval times?




OK, carry on...........

 

See 9 posts above yours

 

While I was living in Chicago I seen him tell a reporter to meet him somewhere, and settle it then. LoL

 

And when people try telling me GMs know more than I do. Everyone that has any sense knew it was impossible to play both sides of the ball that much in the NFL, and be effective at both, but many people still believe the NFL is like college, or HS

 

His girlfriend is thinking "The first round is over and the dumb bastard didn't even get drafted yet, I knew I should've gone out with Bryce Young!"

 

Wow those Norman cheerleaders were hot back in 1066 when they defeated the Saxons.

 

Projections for the 2026 class

Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
Scouts Inc ranking: 2

Joe Burrow. Both quarterbacks were relatively unknown heading into their final season of college, and both went on to win the Heisman Trophy and the national championship while putting up the highest passer rating in the FBS. Mendoza threw for 3,535 yards and 41 touchdowns in 2025.

However, Mendoza's final season was not quite on the same level as Burrow's statistically and because of QBASE 2.0's one-year wonder penalty, Mendoza does not grade as highly as previous No. 1 picks such as the Jaguars' Trevor Lawrence and the Bears' Caleb Williams, who had multiple seasons of top-caliber play in college and were viewed as safer prospects.

Nonetheless, Mendoza is a worthy top pick, and none of this year's other quarterbacks come close to his projection. We estimate that there is only a 15.2% chance that at least one of the other four quarterbacks listed here develops into an "upper tier" or "elite" starter in the NFL.


Ty Simpson, Alabama
Scouts Inc. ranking: 37

Mitchell Trubisky, Dwayne Haskins, Trey Lance and Anthony Richardson Sr., none of whom met the expectations of their draft positions. Even fellow inexperienced Alabama quarterback Mac Jones started for part of his second-to-last season of college football, and Jones put up much better numbers than Simpson, albeit with a stronger supporting cast. With neither experience, nor elite numbers or physical traits, Simpson will statistically be a reach if he is drafted in the first round.


Garrett Nussmeier, LSU
Scouts Inc. ranking: 87

Jared Goff, have succeeded in the NFL, immobile and sack-prone prospects have not. The list of quarterbacks since 2005 with fewer than minus-2.0 rushing yards per attempt includes Andrew Walter, Jimmy Clausen, Brandon Weeden, Nick Foles, Mike Glennon, Sean Mannion and Cody Kessler. While Foles had his magical Super Bowl-winning run with the 2017 Eagles, none of these quarterbacks lasted as a starter in the league.


Carson Beck, Miami
Scouts Inc. ranking: 118

UCL tear in his throwing elbow in the 2024 SEC championship game. But he elected to stay another season in college following his injury, transferring from Georgia to Miami.

That extra season, in which he led Miami to the national championship game against Indiana, gave him more experience, but he was statistically less effective as a passer and rusher than in his 2023 season with Georgia. In 2023, he threw for 3,941 yards (third best in the FBS); in 2025, he threw for 3,813 yards. As a rusher, Beck had 60 carries for 116 yards in 2023, but 62 carries for just 43 yards in 2025.


Drew Allar, Penn State
Scouts Inc. ranking: 131

season-ending ankle injury in October.

That said, he is not a true dual-threat quarterback such as the Bills' Josh Allen or Ravens' Lamar Jackson, and even before the injury, there were concerns about his 64.8% completion percentage and his 2025 passing numbers regressing from 2024. Of the potential Day 2 quarterbacks in this year's class, Allar's mobility and arm strength give him the highest ceiling, but his bust risk remains high


Draft bust at 30% for Mendoza which is the lowest
Draft bust at 93% for Allar which is the highest
Source: ESPN