Aaron Rodgers won’t be the last multi-month saga to determine who will be the Pittsburgh Steelers’ starting quarterback. In fact, 2026 could get even more interesting. After a three-month delay from Rodgers that felt mostly hurry-up-and-wait, a news cycle that offered little under Rodgers’ June agreement with the team, the Steelers are poised to go into the 2026 draft in hot pursuit of a top rookie QB. While hardly a novel thought, ESPN insider Jeremy Fowler made that clear during an NFL Live segment Friday.
“I think the Steelers are looking at the 2026 draft,” Fowler said of Pittsburgh’s plans during a roundtable discussion.