One factor that’s been mentioned advert nauseam all through the offseason is the Pittsburgh Steelers’ want for a beginning quarterback. To seek out one, they’ve two choices. There’s free company, the place other than their 2024 choices in Russell Wilson and Justin Fields, it’s troublesome to seek out a better option. The Steelers also can take a look at the draft, however with the twenty first general choose, their palms are tied. NFL Community Draft Analyst Daniel Jeremiah wouldn’t thoughts pairing Fields with Alabama QB Jalen Milroe, who will seemingly be a Day 2 choose.
“If the Steelers did determine to re-sign Justin Fields and make him their quarterback going ahead, I wouldn’t thoughts marrying [Jalen] Milroe up with him,” Jeremiah mentioned Thursday throughout a pre-Mix convention name. “When you acquired Milroe in probably, like, the third spherical, and also you wanna be a bodily, pound-it group, having Milroe develop behind Fields can be type of enjoyable to only actually go all in on that strategy.”
If the Steelers do certainly pair Fields and Jalen Milroe, they could have one of the best operating quarterback room within the league. Nonetheless, they’d run into some challenges throwing the ball.
Fields did win 4 of the six video games he began in 2024. A lot of his manufacturing got here from his legs, although. The Steelers clearly wished to restrict him out of the gate. That made sense, as Fields got here from a troublesome scenario with the Chicago Bears through which he made loads of errors. Nonetheless, whereas Fields was profitable in limiting these errors, he by no means actually pushed the ball down the sphere.
Nonetheless, the truth that Fields improved as a lot as he did is promising. He went from a wild card in Chicago to a way more composed quarterback in simply six begins for Pittsburgh. The progress he made is an indication that he can proceed that growth, though he nonetheless wants to enhance as a passer.
From a playing-style perspective, having Milroe study behind Fields is sensible. The 2 have related video games and every is great along with his legs. Our personal Alex Kozora took a more in-depth take a look at Milroe’s sport. Nonetheless, it’s arduous to study from a quarterback who remains to be studying himself. It’s not as if Fields is a cultured participant. He’s acquired promise however is clearly nonetheless growing. Who is aware of if Milroe would study sufficient from Fields to make the pairing worthwhile.
That is an attention-grabbing concept although. Each the draft and free agent lessons are comparatively weak on the place, so taking two possibilities to seek out their man may not be a nasty technique for the Steelers.
