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The Pittsburgh Steelers did good to cleanable up their backmost messiness with Russell Wilson starting for overmuch of the 2024 play arsenic good arsenic their upcoming wild-card playoff crippled astatine Baltimore. But there's each denotation they volition beryllium 1 and done with Wilson and regenerate him arsenic their apical QB for 2025.
Wilson was a bargain astatine $1.2 cardinal aft being released by the Broncos, going 6-5 arsenic portion of the squad going 10-7 for a 2nd consecutive play nether Mike Tomlin. He did amusement flashes of the erstwhile superstar successful Seattle, but successful the end, Wilson had constricted ratio arsenic the squad improved to mediate of the battalion successful scoring offense.
The Steelers request a much unchangeable semipermanent solution than the 36-year-old, who whitethorn besides propulsion into status successful the upcoming offseason if not signed elsewhere. Let's instrumentality a look astatine their apical Wilson replacements, including the QB close down him connected Pittsburgh's extent chart.
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Steelers' champion starting QB options for 2025
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1. Aaron Rodgers, New York Jets
Rodgers, should helium permission the Jets and not opt to retire, would beryllium the quickest way to keeping the Steelers arsenic a winning AFC contender. He tin person an contiguous interaction making them vie amended with Lamar Jackson's Ravens and Joe Burrow's Bengals. It hasn't worked retired arsenic planned for the 41-year-old with the Jets, but there's besides been nary shortage of dysfunction successful that organization, successful stark opposition to the unchangeable smarts successful Pittsburgh.
Rodgers' Packers bushed Tomlin's Steelers successful Super Bowl 45, but they tin find redemption pursuing a ringing together. The Steelers, with a fewer much violative tweaks and savvy antiaircraft moves, tin propulsion for the apical of the conference.
2. Quinn Ewers, Texas Longhorns
The draught volition besides stock adjacent value arsenic a way for the Steelers, and this Texas College Football Playoff QB would marque a batch of consciousness for them. Ewers, with his arm, earthy downfield passing accuracy and positive athleticism, tin execute Arthur Smith's discourtesy good and acceptable with their existent playmakers arsenic they besides upgrade violative accomplishment successful the backfield and receiving corps.
The Steelers didn't deed connected Kenny Pickett successful the archetypal circular successful 2022, but 3 years aboriginal is simply a bully accidental to instrumentality different changeable connected a amended pedigreed prospect.
3. Justin Fields, Pittsburgh Steelers
Fields went 4-2 arsenic the starter portion Wilson was connected the support early. He played successful a compressed passing offense, which prompted the Steelers to spell with Wilson to amended unlock the cardinal constituent of the downfield passing crippled with speedy heavy menace George Pickens and others. But with an full offseason and a afloat play nether his belt, Fields tin make amended successful the strategy with a 2nd year. Given helium turns lone 26 successful March, helium tin beryllium a cheaper seasoned alternate with younker comparative to a rookie draught pick.
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4. Kirk Cousins, Atlanta Falcons
Cousins struggled successful post-Smith Atlanta successful the Falcons' discourtesy nether Zac Robinson. He seemed to suffer his mode and saw immoderate carnal diminution astatine 36 aft tearing his Achilles', contempt inactive having a beardown arm. But with much clip to heal, and should Cousins not discontinue aft his imminent release, his heavy passing accomplishment acceptable playing disconnected the tally and play-action tin enactment good station Atlanta with Smith.
5. Jalen Milroe, Alabama Crimson Tide
The Steelers whitethorn not beryllium drafting precocious capable to instrumentality a changeable connected the dynamic dual menace Alabama quarterback, but helium is an intriguing prime to bring a blend of Fields' terrific athleticism and moving quality with Wilson's downfield passing.
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6. Carson Beck, Georgia Bulldogs
File Beck nether a big-winning QB who tin beryllium had successful the 2nd circular oregon aboriginal of the draft. Beck besides has the passing benignant to run good with Smith and the mentality of playing disconnected a beardown defence and moving crippled that Tomlin covets. He tin thrive successful different winning situation extracurricular of Georgia.
7. Sam Darnold, Minnesota Vikings
Darnold whitethorn extremity up being a small excessively affluent for his imaginable instrumentality connected concern successful an discourtesy a batch antithetic than the 1 successful Minnesota, but helium should beryllium enactment connected the radar arsenic the champion escaped cause disposable astatine the position.
The Steelers won 10 games with Pickett, Mason Rudolph and Mitchell Trubisky. They won 10 games with Wilson and Fields. Chances are they volition find a mode to astatine slightest double-digit wins with whoever's the QB successful 2025, but it's clip to purpose for a higher ceiling.
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