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Jameis Winston now has a team. Ditto for Joe Burrow, Tua Tagovailoa, Justin Herbert, Jordan Love, Jalen Hurts, Jacob Eason and Jake Fromm. Last month, Teddy Bridgewater and Marcus Mariota hit the open market but quickly found new homes as well.
None of those sub-30-year-old quarterbacks joined the Pittsburgh Steelers, and now the market for 20-somethings at the NFL's most important position has gone dry.
By not landing a potential successor to battered-and-bruised 38-year-old quarterback Ben Roethlisberger this offseason, the Steelers were negligent.
While the New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers turned at least some of their attention to their long-term future by adding young quarterbacks this offseason—granted, Green Bay did to a fault—the Steelers instead spent prime draft picks on another wide receiver and another running back.