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Mina Kimes Wishes Steelers Were ‘More Aggressive’ Addressing QB Need In Middle Rounds Of Draft

If there’s one thing to ding the Pittsburgh Steelers for in the 2025 NFL Draft, it would be passing on a quarterback until the sixth round. The quarterback position has been their biggest Achilles’ heel as a franchise in recent years. There is no bright future without solving that issue. ESPN analyst Mina Kimes was hoping they’d be more aggressive in addressing that issue.

“I would’ve taken a quarterback earlier, just to be blunt,” Kimes said via ESPN’s NFL Live. “I don’t begrudge them skipping on quarterback in the first round. I actually love the Derrick Harmon pick…But after that, they had a couple of opportunities, I think, to take a swing on one.