How Mitchell Trubisky signing impacts the Steelers draft strategy

Steelers 2022 Draft

Until today, everyone speculated what the Steelers would do in the draft. Would they opt for the quarterback or fill another need. That is no easier to answer now than yesterday, if not more complicated. The Steelers will approach the draft, from the perspective, well in a worst-case scenario; we have Trubisky and Rudolph or Haskins; thus, it’s not critical we draft a quarterback. If someone is there, perhaps, we take them; if not,  we wait until 2023 and take the best player available.

That is one way for people to perceive it. The reality is more on the lines; this prevents them from trading up and wasting draft capital on a quarterback that might not be an immediate starter. Yeah, like they kept Ben Roethlisberger on the bench because he wasn’t ready, and then Tommy Maddox got injured.

Yes, it makes total sense that many people do not like the 2021 quarterback draft class. All the analysts say the 2021 quarterbacks were better than those in 2022. Perhaps, Lawrence did okay, but if he is to succeed, he certainly needs more offensive line help and more talent surrounding him. Mac Jones probably performed the best, which honestly, a lot of analysts suspected that Trey Lance well, the jury is still out, Justin Fields tried making lemonade after falling into a pit of lemons.