Drew Allar draft profile

I would hope so since he's an offensive HC and calls the plays .

 

Hey Shula and the passing coordinator both stayed home in LA
Schelnasse? Got promoted to OC
Knew he was too green
What happened with Shula?
Los Angeles Rams
defensive coordinator Chris Shula did not land a head coach (HC) job in the 2026 cycle primarily due to reports that he performed poorly, or "bombed" his virtual interview with the Pittsburgh Steelers, leading teams to question his readiness. Despite seven requests and five interviews, teams favored more experienced candidates, and his lack of head coaching experience raised concerns regarding in-game management and leadership.

 

Could fat mike help him?

 

I wasn't all that high on them hiring on Shula anyway.

 

I mean, there are a lot of good college QB's who have never had a receiving option drafted as high as Warren was. He also had a pretty good line and pretty good backs. Its hard for me to say that he played bad because his WR's were bad. He generally just played bad because he was bad.

I don't know what he will develop into in the NFL. I don't think his arm and size make up for his deficiencies. I'd rather we use our 2nd and 3rd round picks on different positions. Only QB's I'm interested in right now are first round QB's. We have a developmental QB already.

 

But well all knew he was going to do that without 11 defenders opposing him. Allar reminds of Howard. He has the size and arm, but what is upstairs is the issue. Can he do it? Can Howard even do it? I think a 3rd is way too high for Allar, IMO. It is a weak QB class this year. I don't even think Mendoza is that great.

 

Nor do I, but he is a man with talent that plays a talent starved poison.

Round two is possible. If he was 2" taller, 15 pounds heavier, and had a clean medical report >>> then he would be a first round guy.

 

Allar is an unusual prospect in things he needs to work on and can improve with an offensive minded head coach. As they say you can't coach size, or arm strength.

Allar had a bozo for a head coach, and grade C receivers to work with in college. A terrible combination. Not his fault.

I think a QB either sees the game quickly and makes good choices or he is not good at doing this. That 3 second window. He has some conservative tendencies in his game. That is to say he does not run that ball over often. He aslo needs work on hitting players on the move big time.


With Allar a team that picks him does not take a swing at a pitch in the dirt, rather a fast ball that is a bit off target which might be a home run to the batter who takes a swing at it.


When he had a good TE, he was much better in college. Just saying...

His upside to me is a top 15 NFL passer with elite size and arm who really fits a deep passing attack that mixes in play action well.

If we do not pick a QB in round one, round three for Allar and Mike McCarthy works for me. I will take a chance to hit a home run.

 

Yeah, they've had nothing since Jahan.

 

Was supposed to be the year last season. Then this season. Then next season it will all of a sudden be weak again.

I'm not saying that Allar, Nussmeier, Simpson are it. But, who knows?

The bottom line is that we need a QB for the future. Even if Ayahuasca Rodgers comes back.

They have an offensive Head Coach now so let him work some magic. I trust him to do it unlike the last head coach.

Any pick is a crap shoot.

Its high time to draft a QB. Not in the 1st. That's reserved for a receiver for me. A corner in the 2nd. Another receiver in the 3rd. Then Guard Then a QB.

But if McCarthy is enamored with one of these QB's it might be sooner then later.

 

People do understand that drafting a QB like Drew Allar doesn't forbid the team from drafting one in 2027 right?! Drew Allar, Garrett Nussmeier or whomever else shouldn't be the whole talking point of discussion anyways. What should be is what the entire Offense around the QB will look like in 2026. Hell, you could even add Prime Peyton Manning and he would still have issues with an Offense featuring only one Wideout who can separate at the LOS in D.K. Metcalf. Every other WR on the roster either still needs time (Roman Wilson) or simply cannot and therefore are slot limited (CA III). There is also the Broderick Jones Question to answer as well.


For a QB to succeed, his team better be pretty damn good; starters and depth. Pittsburgh doesn't have many good starters and the depth on some positions is either insufficient or lacking as a whole.

 

In the playoffs against Notre Dame in 2024 his receivers didn't catch a pass .

 

I wouldn't say he sucks. But he is Mason Rudolph2.0. That ain't gonna get any team to the championship.

 

as i see it, give howard a chance. not that i think howard is "it" but the steelers roster is so full of holes use these 12 picks this draft to try and build a better team for whomever is the QB. it's not that i dislike allar or any other QB in this draft as much as i dislike how the rest of the roster looks.

don't get me wrong. allar's size and arm are quite intriguing but he would be no different entering the NFL as howard would be this year....basically a rookie. as stated earlier in the thread both would be a "project" entering the season. why have 2 that you need to try to develop when it's hard enough to give one the reps he needs to develop?

drafting allar and hoping he becomes the man is no different that giving howard the shot and hoping he is the man. i'd just simply rather use this draft to build up the roster. if howard falters insert mason and roll with it. i don't want to see the steelers have a bad season but if it happens they get an earlier draft pick next season and know they need to draft a QB but possibly doing so with a much better roster in place....hopefully anyway.

 

His recievers offered very little RAC , average speed and mediocre seperation ability at best. Were the good route runners? I don't know, check the video. Are they the dratable WR's in the NFL. I say NO.

His Arm and Size are grade A.

His accuracy is grade B-, but he played with bad men calling the plays and below aveage Wide Receivers by big 10 standards. These are facts.

Based on a hot combine, it would not surprise me is he goes in round two.

I want to see his 40, and S2 / wonderlic tests.

- JB

 

Well, I would disagree that his accuracy is a B-, its more like a C or C- to me. He had a well below average (compared to other college QB's) on target % (which isn't affected by WR play) on passes under 10 yards for his career. These are the easiest throws, and throws that are made in phase and relying more on timing. He doesn't really translate at this point to someone who can effectively and efficiently run an offense. He can make a few splash plays with his big arm, but he has a TON of work to do on how to actually play QB. The other thing that really worries me about him is his poor performances against higher competition. The bigger games often brought the worst out of him. He has the opposite of the "clutch gene", not that it means everything coming out of college, but its definitely something that brings him down in my opinion. He won't be playing Villanova, Rutgers, and Maryland every week in the NFL. He's going to go up against the best competition every week, so there's a real question as to whether or not he's capable of performing against that type of competition.

I think some team will think they can develop him and take him far before his true ability is. He needs a ton of work. He feels like a Malik Willis level project, so basing off that, I would assume round 3 is about where I think he will end up going (maybe late 2nd). I am not high on drafting him in the second. I could live with the third (just placing trust in McCarthy to develop), but I think it would signal big trust in Howard... We would essentially be cutting Mason Rudolph with this decision and rolling our other developmental QB as the back up (I am making the assumption that we sign Rodgers for a year AND assuming that Allar needs at least one full year, if not two, as an emergency 3rd string inactive before he can be trusted in any capacity on the field).

 

As stated he had a bozo for a coach, and grade C wide recievers. No QB will shine with both, unless he is an all timer.

Some of the bad throws are on him.

Still in 2025 he completed 64.8% of his passes. 8 td's 3 Int

In 2024 he was healthy and better as he had a " go to " tight end.

I say again grade B- for accuracy.

As a runner he is a great opinion for 4th and short.

As a passer he lacked both the play calling and the speed / play making ability at WR. With his rocket arm he was gimped by both.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4714771/drew-allar

He could be ours in round two. A late bloomer like Josh Allen ( I am not saying he will be that good) was. He will need a year to develop.