In the 2025 NFL Draft, outside of Cam Ward, the Pittsburgh Steelers had their pick of the litter at quarterback in the first round. However, they opted not to target that position until the sixth round. Many people expected them to take Shedeur Sanders, but they didn’t even take him on Day 3. Instead, Sanders landed with the Cleveland Browns, falling all the way to the fifth round, and Aaron Rodgers is scheduled to be the Steelers’ starter. Stephen A. Smith likes that signing on the condition that Sanders doesn’t look better than Rodgers this year.
“If that damn Shedeur Sanders, who dropped to the fifth round and the 144th overall pick, ends up being better this season, assuming he’s gonna get the QB1 spot and I don’t know that’s gonna happen because they drafted a couple of quarterbacks,” Smith said recently on his podcast, The Stephen A.