It felt like a forgone conclusion that the Pittsburgh Steelers were going to pick up a quarterback at some point in this year’s draft. They waited a while to do it, including passing on Shedeur Sanders multiple times over all three days of the draft. Eventually, Pittsburgh found their guy in Will Howard in the sixth round.
Howard was impressive in 2024 at Ohio State, especially over the last half of the season. One of the things that stuck out to Mike Tomlin was Howard’s leadership, he said during his post-draft press conference with Omar Khan.