Alabama QB Jalen Milroe

He kind of reminds me of Jalen Hurts when he was in college, Milroe has improved his passing and looks faster.

 

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Dude seems like a great athlete. Seems like I have a bias against Alabama QB's though

 

Jalen Milroe or Quinn Ewers would be perfect if they last around 20-25. Could draft one of them and let them learn on the bench for a season or two and allow them to develop. Keeping Wilson for two more years could certainly help them set up QB stability for the long term, or at least hope.

 

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It is just such a weird position we're in. Do we use our first round pick on a player we think gets us over the top for 2025? Or do we do something like this in hopes that we have a good team later? a QB pick all but punts on us ever winning it all with Heyward or Watt. Its a signal that we are more worried about the future than we are now... It will be an interesting decision for sure.

 

I guess that also depends on how they do in free agency. I do not see a single pick putting the Steelers over the top anyways, especially considering the prospect of Harris and/or Warren not returning next year. WR1/WR2 is still a mess and the defense could use a NT, and CB. I really like what Omar and Weidle are building, but this roster is a few seasons away from being really good.

 

Him and Allar from PSU need to stay.

 

The only problem is that in a few seasons, we will be losing some of our best players. TJ wont be the same guy 3 years from now, Heyward will be retired, and Minkah will be 31 and getting close to being a shell of himself. We will "build a really good team" only to have to replace an All Pro S, and All Pro OLB, and an All Pro DT/DE.... We either try to win with those guys, or concede that we can't and "rebuild". I don't think the team is ready to give up on that when our defense is still putting up statistically quality numbers. We need a WR2 and an RB1 to be legit contenders (and that is with middle of the pack QB play from both Fields and Wilson).

The team will either draft for the future (and take a QB, and somehow convince us that they're still serious about winning now), or they will draft something they think will help us win now (either a WR, RB, or DL). I don't think a single pick puts us over the top (unless that pick ends up being a top 5 player in the league), but a bit of work in FA and a rookie that comes in and delivers for us might... There are very few elite teams in the NFL (I'd say Detroit and Buffalo are the best 2), but everyone has holes and deficiencies. We can try to cover them in FA and the draft, or we can try to draft a QB and see what happens.

Milroe is the only one I'd be in on for the 2025 class I think. MAYBE Dart. But signing Fields to a 2 year bridge contract and having Milroe sit behind him for at least a full season seems to be the "best" option for the future to me. In the short term, maybe its trading for or signing a WR, drafting a RB and a DL and seeing what happens.

 

QB is the most important position on the field and keeping Fields for two more years would be a sign that they're wasting the aforementioned defensive stars time here anyways. I merely proposed signing Wilson for two more years and drafting the QB of the future to sit and learn from him ala Jordan Love. There's a solid foundation on offense being built with the exception of the WR position and on defense with guys like Benton, Wilson, Highsmith, JPJ (despite his penalties). They really need a box safety of the future, help on the DL, another CB. I definitely pay Harris and Warren to come back, otherwise you're creating even more holes on a team that's somewhat built to win now. But WR is troublesome because there's I can see Pickens out of here come the Spring.

 

I understand it, and don't necessarily think its the worst thing in the world... but we are a team built to win now, so I lean towards drafting a player that could help us do that (and a QB that sits behind Wilson isn't that). That doesn't mean that drafting Milroe isn't the correct answer and he turns into Jalen Hurts by 2026 or 2027, but I think someone like Egbuka, Kenneth Grant, or Jeanty help this team in 2025. I agree that DL is a spot we could use a guy at. Ogunjobi isn't getting any younger and a high end run stopper with a little bit of pass rush ability like Grant could be a big piece. We certainly need another WR, and a guy that gets open and can make plays like Egbuka fits the bill. I personally hope we sign Pickens to an extension. He's such a good player. We pay Tomlin a ton of money to deal with guys like him and we have actual leadership the team with Heyward, Wilson, etc.... It is harder to replace a guy like GP than it is to keep him under control. We need to just figure it out.

Personally I think Harris will get paid far more money than he is worth on the open market. If he could be had for 5-6 million, then fine... but I think someone is going to give him 9-10 million and that is just WAY too much for what he brings to the table. Draft Jeanty if we're dead set on a guy in the first, or Judkins/Hampton in the second and pair them with Warren in a split backfield. Warren will be relatively cheap and there's at least a reasonable chance that whoever we draft is as good or better than Najee anyways. RB's are too easily replaced to panic and fork over the big bucks to Naj.

We have a good amount of available money in the offseason. I think we should spend it... We can turn this team into a winner.

 

I guess my opinion is different, but I don't see first round talent in this kid. Not this year. The same with Quinn Ewers. 3rd or 4th, maybe.

 

Not any I am seeing from this years class of college Qb's.

 

And the longer they kick the can of drafting a franchise QB is the longer they waste talent. They don't have as much money as you think. Wilson will cost them 30-35m and they'll have to make a decision regarding Pickens, as well as other potential extensions and such.

 

I don't think we are wasting talent. We tried drafting one (Pickett) and he sucked. Just because we draft a guy, doesn't mean he is going to be a stud... and if he is a stud, it will likely take him at least a year or two to get on that level. Milore is a project anyways. He's a guy you draft hoping he will be a stud around 2027 (much like Allen or Hurts). Our high end guys in Heyward and Watt don't have that kind of time to wait around. Wilson is playing well enough for us to win. Sign him to a deal and try to build the team to win while he still has game left... That is what I would do at least.

The way contracts work though, that 35 million is an AAV... It won't count towards the cap as 35 million next season. Justin Jefferson signed a 35 million/yr contract and his cap hit next year will be 15 million. We can make it work if we want to. We have 54 million as we sit and can get another 19 million by releasing Holcomb and Preston Smith. 73 million bucks in cap is a TON. We could sign Wilson to 35/yr, Pickens to 30/yr and trade for Deebo Samuel and have nearly 30 million in space still available for 2025.... I trust Khan to build the team with the money available.

 

Well I can tell you with confidence is that the 2025 QB Class has way too many questions and too few answers. For that matter, Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders; that is more or less... the 2025 QB Class as a whole. That said, if the likes of Garrett Nussmeier is available in Round 2?!... I would entertain that idea very much. Have him sit behind Russ given Garrett's own NFL Background and have him learn the game. Be ready in either 2026 or 2027. If not, wait until 2026 for finding "the guy" at QB for that class is going to be leagues above 2025 in ways one cannot comprehend.

 

Other than Ward and Sanders I agree. Everyone else has way too many questions. My favorite QB in Drew Allar really should stick around for one more season in Happy Valley. If he declares, I wouldn't touch him until the late 3rd; mid 4th being his floor.


On the bright side?! Given how the Steelers need IDL, WR and CB?! One of the best classes that I have seen in some time having all three in tremendous supply! For that matter, I am currently now up to six IDL in consideration for a First Round Grade alone!

 

Which 6, and what kind of player would you prefer? I am sure that Mason Graham and Deone Walker will be gone by the time we pick, Kenneth Grant, Tyleik Williams, Derrick Harmon... the last? Walter Nolan maybe?

Graham, Walker, Grant, and Williams are all more DT's while Harmon and Nolan seem to be more DE/DT types