The Pittsburgh Steelers don’t need to act desperate to show everyone where their quarterback situation really stands.
That’s what makes their reported interest in Brendan Sorsby so revealing. The Steelers have Aaron Rodgers for 2026. They have Mason Rudolph as a veteran backup. They have Will Howard and Drew Allar as developmental pieces. That’s a full quarterback room. It just isn’t a convincing one.
Sorsby entering the NFL Supplemental Draft gives Pittsburgh another quarterback to study, and according to The Athletic’s Mike DeFabo, the Steelers are doing exactly that. The bigger part of the conversation isn’t whether they’re ready to chase him, but that they apparently haven’t crossed him off because of the gambling issue tied to his college exit.
That should tell fans plenty about how the Steelers view their own setup.
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The Steelers can sell patience with Rodgers, Rudolph, Howard and Allar, but patience only works when there’s a logical next step. Pittsburgh doesn’t have that yet. Rodgers is a short-term fix. Rudolph is a backup. Howard and Allar are guesses.
That’s why Sorsby’s name is more than just a random quarterback flier.
“The Steelers aren’t necessarily out on Sorsby. They’re well aware of their situation," Still Curtain managing editor Tommy Jaggi said on the "Still Curtain" podcast. "I don't know if they can put all their eggs in the basket that Drew Aller is going to be that guy because very likely their [2027] first-round pick is going to be a quarterback. If Aaron Rodgers is off the roster and Aller hasn't shown anything yet, I just don't know if you can trust it to not be that."
Pittsburgh can get through 2026 with Rodgers, but getting through a season isn’t the same as solving the position. The franchise has spent years trying to patch together answers after Ben Roethlisberger, and Sorsby represents the exact kind of upside they haven’t had in the room.
He also comes with risk, which is why this isn’t simple.
"This is what makes the Sorsby conversation so interesting because the Steelers are probably going to be picking 19 through 24-ish," Jaggi said. "Maybe this is a quarterback who, if he had a clean slate and were to play this season, they don't have any shot at him.
"Maybe he takes another step up, at Texas Tech now, and you're saying, 'Okay, this guy, he's a total package.' But there is stuff here, and that's why he's going into the supplemental draft."
If Sorsby had taken the usual path into the regular NFL draft, the Steelers might not have been close enough to get him. The supplemental draft puts Sorsby within reach in a way the regular draft might not, but it doesn’t erase the concerns that come with him.
"I think the only caveat there is if this team is picking, like, 19th and the quarterback class is half as good as we think it is, is there anyone to pick at 19 that you would actually want them to pick?" Still Curtain co-editor Shayne Kubas said.
The Steelers may not be bad enough to land a top quarterback, but they’re not settled enough to stop searching, either.
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