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What does Todd McShay say about the 2027 NFL Draft class?
Todd McShay, love him or hate him, was on the Rich Eisen Show, and Todd works for the Ringer these days. He was on the Rich Eisen Show yesterday, reading this clip off of SteelersDepot.com, and talking about next year's draft class, which limits you and others were talking about as maybe one of the best ever before it basically fell apart, right? Yeah, I think collapse might be the better word to use. Isn't fell apart a synonym for collapse? Yeah, but I feel like collapse, there's more weight to that. It's a bigger drop-off than fall apart because that's how bad the class was. And I was wrong with saying that it was going to be an elite class. How about disintegrated? Isn't that the best word yet or phrase?
Excluded? No, disintegrated is better than exploded. Thank you, Malzi. It disintegrated. Well... Todd McShay is now saying that it might be this 2027 draft class. That might be one of the quote best quarterback classes ever. He said, and I quote him here. Everyone's looking and saying, you know what? Maybe I bucked the trend to go into the NFL as an inexperienced quarterback versus being part of that group next year. Um, meaning that the group in a couple of years could have Arch Manning, could have Lenora Sellers then, could have Julian Sane, DJ Lagway, and a bunch of other guys. And that's McShay's opinion, that it could be one of the best draft classes ever. There's been this idea that the Steelers want and need to get their quarterback next year.
I think they need to get a quarterback and that they shouldn't force it and that the Kenny Pickett saga is a lesson to not pick one next season if if it's not their guy you know what i mean limits if it's not your guy don't do it i know the drafts in pittsburgh i know you've been accumulating resources to make that move up if you really want a guy and maybe maybe mendoza is that guy Maybe they will want to move up and cash in their chips and go get him. And wouldn't it be great to do that in Pittsburgh, to have somebody go up to that podium, maybe Ben, who knows, and announce the pick. That'd be awesome. But if it's not the guy, don't force it. And who knows, maybe 2027 is the year. I'm starting to think that Aaron Rodgers, and I know I've gone back and forth, so has everybody else on Aaron Rodgers.
But if you're asking me today which way the wind's blowing, I wouldn't be shocked if he came back next year and bought you another year limits. You? I would definitely bring him back, barring a huge unforeseen injury that could happen in the future. We don't know, but... I'm with you. They should not draft a quarterback just on the basis of needing to draft a quarterback. And I thought, look, it was the perfect storm. With the draft being in Pittsburgh, you were likely going to have another mediocre year with a ton of quarterbacks that were potentially going to be available for you in a deep class, similar to how Bo Nix was, what, the 10th pick in the draft? Michael Penix was 12th. That was a deep draft class for quarterbacks.
If you're the Steelers and you were picking right around 20th, you could have moved up in a draft like that to 10. And that's what I thought that this draft was going to be, with that type of depth, with good players like Bo Nix still available later on. It's not amounted to that. No, it's amounted to a pile of something. And it's not good. So if they don't think that... The second or third or fourth quarterback that's off the board after Mendoza, assuming that Dante Moore stays at Oregon, which I think he probably will do. Why not? You're making so much money in college anyway, and he can further develop. They should not reach for a quarterback. Don't do it. No, I agree. And if that 2027 class shapes up the way that McShay and apparently others think it will, I don't think there's any harm in waiting at this point.
And this season has become quite interesting. It's become quite interesting moving forward. Like I was talking about with Hokie, the problem is that everybody else is hot too. And I don't know that two games constitutes a hot streak.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does Todd McShay say about the 2027 NFL Draft class?
0:01–4:29
2
Why do Steelers fans believe they need a franchise quarterback?
4:29–9:22
3
How do the Steelers plan to approach the upcoming playoffs?
9:22–12:45
4
What are the implications of drafting a quarterback this year?
12:45–15:22
5
How might Aaron Rodgers impact the Steelers' future?
15:22–19:28
6
What is the current vibe around the Steelers team?
19:28–23:27
7
How does the health of key players affect the Steelers' performance?
23:27–26:30
8
What are the potential playoff scenarios for the Steelers this season?
26:30–30:20
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