Steelers called 'perfect fit' for 99th-pick SEC QB to replace Aaron Rodgers
Pittsburgh doesn't really have a future at this position.
Steelers called 'perfect fit' for 99th-pick SEC QB to replace Aaron Rodgers originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Pittsburgh Steelers don't really have a quarterback of the future.
Shoot, until Aaron Rodgers decides what he's up to, they don't even really have a QB of the present. But it's that future task that's especially important, because beyond Rodgers, it doesn't seem like the currently under contract duo of Mason Rudolph or Will Howard is the answer. The 2026 NFL Draft isn't loaded with quarterbacks, but ESPN's Ben Solak thinks that the "perfect fit" might be on the board for the Steelers with the 99th selection: Garrett Nussmeier out of LSU.
At one point early in the 2025 college football season, Nussmeier was viewed as a potential first-round pick. Now, he might be available at the end of the third round. "The connection between the Steelers and Nussmeier is obvious," Solak wrote in a new article on Wednesday.
"When Mike McCarthy was the head coach in Dallas, Nussmeier's father, Doug, was his quarterbacks coach. Doug Nussmeier has stayed in the coaching tree, too, following Kellen Moore to the Chargers , then the Eagles and then the Saints . In that the Steelers need a developmental QB2 with more legs than 2025 sixth-rounder Will Howard, Garrett Nussmeier would be an option no matter what.