QB position in 2026

Steelpens65 · Mar 21, 2026 at 5:43 AM

jeh1856 said: ↑

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Steeldude · Mar 21, 2026 at 6:42 AM

Eichburgh said: ↑

That sounds good and all. But how do you fix it when there's not a clear fix in the 2026 draft?

They drafted a guy a season ago who they thought could be the answer to the QB position and he hasn't played a snap in the NFL and was injured last off season. Should they just discard that attempt?

What other QB is available that could be a fix to the QB situation?
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Yes, it's a bad draft for QBs.

Howard was there so the Steelers said why not it's only the 6th round. I would only draft Simpson, Allar or Beck if they are available in the 5th or later. There is no definite answer at QB, unless Howard turns out to be something. As for veterans, Flacco, Cousins and Garoppolo are available. If the Steelers badly want a veteran then they should grab whichever is the cheapest.

S.T.D · Mar 21, 2026 at 1:42 PM

MojoUW said: ↑

Honestly....IF MM is half the QB coach everyone claims he is....then these "lesser" prospect that actually have high end physical abilities make sense.

Like you can't make Ty Simpson taller or have a bigger frame. But maybe you can make Allar or the fast kid from Arkansas or this RB playing QB from NDSU into a viable QB.

Every year there is some QB who enters the draft cycle with absolutely freakish athletic ability and gets dinged for not being "polished" enough. Then some "polished" dude with like no physical traits gets drafted (KP, McCarthy, insert your example here) and can't hack it.

Save your first round pick. Get a later round guy that can throw the ball to the moon and is smart enough to understand and take coaching.
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steelersrule6 said: ↑

That's why I want them to draft Allar he has some traits for MM to work with, if MM can't develop Howard or Allar then is he really a QB guru.
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I have a feeling that many people will say it was a bad pick if it doesn't work out, and not he couldn't develop him.

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They may end up being good quarterbacks, but they do it more with processing and less with physical talent.

Simpson looked great early in the year, but later in the season without a dominant running game and against some better defenses he didn't play as well. He has a chance to be pretty good, but he had a ton of talent and weapons around him at Alabama, and he still really struggled at times. The new head coach doesn't seem to have everything buttoned up the way Nick Saban did, but who does?

Nussmeier is the son of a coach. He is supposed to be an elite processor with an advanced knowledge of the game. The word is he was playing with an oblique injury that severely affected his play this season, but it has to make you hesitate when you see a player that doesn't possess any elite traits, that is also supposedly advanced in the mental aspects of the game, and is a coach's son playing at a major school not playing well. It has to make anyone hesitate to think they are going to be great at the next level.

Look, if the team really likes one of these guys they are probably going to draft them. Like you, I'm hoping the team is leaning towards drafting one of the more physically gifted quarterbacks from this year's class and letting them develop.
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That's my problem with Simpson not enough playing time, and looked bad in the big games.
My problem with Nussmeier is he was supposed to have this great processor, and I didn't see it.

Blast Furnace · Mar 21, 2026 at 1:52 PM

Interesting thought. I’m going to have to do a deeper dive into Beck.

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QB position in 2026

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Mac Jones

Malik Willis

Kirk Cousins

Rudolph

Will Howard

Draft a QB in the first round,no matter what

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