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I wonder how much more horrible those stats would be if Allar was throwing to

Jeremiah Smith

Emeka Egbuka

Carnell Tate


as his top 3 wide receivers like Howard did?

 

I was going to try to explain more, but I can see that it wouldn't matter to you and would be a waste of my time.

In the end, it doesn't matter what either of us think. We will find out how things go over the next couple seasons.

 

Agreed

Right now it’s a clean slate and let’s see what he does

 

So not having a quality wide receiver to throw to doesn't matter, tells me what you know.

 

That is why I don't mind them taking a swing there, but I'm not optimistic.

 

This is what's odd to me and why I respond to some of your posts. Maybe you don't mean it this way, but the way you worded this, it comes across as belittling what one QB did in college while making assumptions unknown about the other QB. But you also post why are fans dividing and taking sides between the 2. When this would just fuel that.


The thing about Howard that I do like, is that after being benched at KSU for Skylar Thompson, he came back and won the Big12 with a team that was not nearly as talented as the OSU team. But that resolve is what earned him that job at OSU that lead to his easy championship.
I don't know if it was on this site or on the old SteelersUniverse site, but I started aWill Howard thread before his OSU season even started. He was on my radar back then. And I saw nothing that took him off my radar. To answer your question, maybe if Allar had had those WRs he would have been selected in the 6th round in last years draft. But he stayed an extra year and got selected in the 3rd round this draft instead. Maybe that means they like him twice as much? JK


Moving ahead to the Steelers needing a franchise QB, I could not care less if it is Howard, Allar, Rudolph, or the next guy. I'm not a fan of the Big10 so that doesn't matter to me at all either. I just want one of these guys to be great as a Steeler. I really am looking forward to TC and this competition.

 

I didn't watch PSU. Was it an actual choke job? Or did his team just let him down in those big games? And yes, both can be true.

 

I stated such in 2024 and got laughed at.


I guess pattern recognition is one hell of a skill.

 

Oh, I'm so sorry I'm so ignorant. But by all means feel free to educate me. He continually missed open receivers, especially in the short and medium game. He was horrendous trying to throw screens. Those throws you would expect be executed better by a top flight QB. So I appreciate the chat right up to the knowing thing.

 

This.


Drew needs a hard factory reset; confidence being key. Him being brought along while gaining his confidence back can do wonders. Should he put it all together, one has truly something special to work with.

 

Scouting Report: Strengths

• Throws with effortless velocity and spin rate that make NFL-caliber windows accessible; balls jump off his hand on intermediate crossers and dig routes with the kind of zip that collapses throwing lanes in real time.
• At 6-foot-5 and 235 pounds, he has the frame and build that offensive coordinators draw up on whiteboards when they close their eyes and imagine their franchise quarterback.
• When he trusts his base and drives through his front foot, he can drop the ball into a bucket 40 yards downfield with a trajectory that takes away the safety's closing angle entirely.
• Competitive runner who will lower his shoulder into a linebacker on third-and-short without flinching; carried designed read-option looks and picked up 302 rushing yards and six touchdowns as a junior.
• Can manipulate his arm slot from a standard three-quarter delivery to sidearm or over-the-top depending on the rush lane, giving him the ability to muscle throws out around edge pressure when the pocket tightens.
• Put the tape on from West Virginia in 2024 and you see a quarterback capable of rhythm timing throws with real anticipation, firing to vacated spots before the coverage arrives on multiple reps.
• Takes care of the football at an elite rate across his career; a 1.19% interception rate over 843 career attempts speaks to a conservative decision tree that, at minimum, keeps the offense from bleeding out.
• His release is quick and compact for a quarterback his size, grading out well above average in release speed, which gives him the ability to survive tighter pockets than most 6-foot-5 passers can.

Scouting Report: Weaknesses

• Short-area accuracy remains a legitimate concern; his ball placement on screens, quick slants, and check-downs grades out well below what NFL coordinators demand from their starting quarterbacks.
• Footwork is a constant battle, and when his base deteriorates under pressure he becomes a completely different thrower, reverting to flat-footed deliveries that sail on him or die at the receiver's ankles.
• Field processing and post-snap reads remain alarmingly raw for a three-year starter; he bird-dogs his primary target, and when the first look isn't there, the eyes drop and the play falls apart instead of working to the second or third option.
• Interior pressure wrecks him in a way that's unusual for a pocket passer this size; rather than climbing the pocket or stepping up into throwing lanes, he drifts backward and to the side, compounding the problem.
• The 2025 regression stripped away the benefit of the doubt: without Tyler Warren manufacturing easy completions underneath, Allar's big-time throw rate cratered to a career-worst 2.5% while his turnover-worthy play rate climbed, exposing a dependence on scheme and supporting cast rather than individual growth.

No one knows for certain how he will turn out. One thing we all agree on(or at least should) is we hope he makes us forget Bradshaw and Roethlisberger.