Shedeur Sanders is ignoring the rumors suggesting he will drop dramatically in the first round and, in an ESPN story which recovered his NFS interview, he sent a clear message to teams interested in drafting him, such as the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“Why should an NFL team take a chance on me? Because I know I’m the most guaranteed risk you can take. I know I’ve done it, so I know what it looks like, back-to-back, over and over. I’ve been in situations where I know I had to change my playing style to adapt. I had six different offensive coordinators, I’m able to adapt to each one, and the production always went up. It never went down.”
In recent days, amid the uncertainty surrounding Aaron Rodgers, the Steelers have been leaning toward selecting a quarterback in the first round. Among those prospects is Deion Sanders’ son.
Will Pittsburgh Steelers draft Shedeur Sanders and sign Aaron Rodgers?
Undoubtedly, that’s the ideal scenario for the Steelers: sign Aaron Rodgers in win-now mode for the 2025 season (on a one-year deal) and have Shedeur Sanders develop under the veteran’s mentorship, with the plan for him to become the franchise quarterback of the future.
The big problem is that no one knows if Shedeur will fall to the No. 21 spot. In that scenario, if the Steelers are truly interested in drafting him, they would have to trade up. However, they don’t have a second-round pick as draft capital, since they gave it up to acquire DK Metcalf from Seattle. Shedeur has declared himself ready for the challenge, despite other names like Jaxson Dart and Jalen Milroe also being on Pittsburgh’s radar.
“Other guys may not be in that type of situation. I was in a lot of uncomfortable situations and with the high pressure. In my mind, there’s no doubt who the best quarterback is and why you should draft me, because I know I’ve been through everything that you’re going to go through. I feel like nothing can faze me mentally, because I’ve been in the most high-pressure situation that there is to be known. That’s the edge I have over any other player, because they haven’t dealt with expectation immediately.”