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Why did the Pittsburgh Steelers pass on Shedeur Sanders ? That has been a question many national pundits are asking, but the truth of the matter remains the team did not value Sanders or the position much in this class. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Steelers insider Gerry Dulac appeared on the ‘Rich Eisen Show’, and explained just why the team decided to pass on Sanders. "Quarterback was not going to be a priority.
..They are all in in 2026 on moving up and trying to get what they believe to be their next franchise quarterback or certainly their starter for a number of years,” Dulac said .
“And so, I think their plan all along has been geared that way. I know obviously the Steelers thought he had a nice skill set and everything, but..
.I never got the impression that he was high on their list to draft Rich, at any point. At any point.
” General manager Omar Khan said the board fell the way it did, which allowed the Steelers to wait on a quarterback. The longer that wait went on, it became quite clear the Steelers did not love this quarterback class. “You never really know.
I think we talked about the other day, we’re guessing like everyone else. You just don’t know, and it just sort of fell that way,” Khan said. Khan added that after the team selected Derrick Harmon, they “got their guy,” and that was not a slight towards Sanders or Jaxson Dart.
It also signals the team likely feels comfortable in their standing with Aaron Rodgers . Tomlin said the team had positive conversations with Rodgers, and it certainly seems things are tending towards him joining the Steelers..
