Steelers Insider Squashes Shedeur Sanders Pittsburgh Hype

The Pittsburgh Steelers are still playing the waiting game with veteran free agency quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

As the former NFL MVP continues to hold the team hostage, the Steelers' general manager Omar Khan has reportedly been searching for other possibilities, including a young quarterback in the upcoming draft.

Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders - the reigning Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year - has been linked to Pittsburgh at No. 21 as his draft stock has taken a hit over the past two months.

But one Pittsburgh insider doesn't think that's likely.

Ray Fittipaldo with the Post-Gazette thinks the team could focus on another need.

"I'm not totally out because you can't discount the fact that they only have two on the roster right now, but if I had to say percentage chance, I think it's low, five to 10 percent," Fittipaldo said on 93.7 The Fan. "I don't think there's much of a likelihood at all."

Other quarterbacks in the draft have been linked to the Steelers, too. Ole Miss' Jaxson Dart, Alabama's Jalen Milroe and Louisville's Tyler Shough have all visited with Pittsburgh in pre-draft visits.

"You have to be careful with all of the speculation now about Shedeur Sanders and Jaxson Dart and the Steelers because there are only a few people in that building down in the South Side who even have access to the draft board," Fittipaldo said. "There are all kinds of chatter out there. It's called lying season for a reason. Even if a Shedeur Sanders or Jaxson Dart is available at 21, unless all their other top targets are off the board, and I have a hard time believing that's gonna happen, but unless that happens, I don't think they're gonna go quarterback."