While the focus has mostly been on Justin Fields and then Aaron Rodgers for the Pittsburgh Steelers in free agency so far, they were also reportedly in on Sam Darnold. It wasn’t the most exciting FA quarterback class, but Darnold was the best that the market had to offer. According to SI.com’s Albert Breer, perhaps he would have considered the Steelers more if the negotiations went a little differently.
“That brings us to what appealed about the Seahawks to Darnold, and that was that he’d legitimately get time to prove himself as a viable long-term option for a team,” Breer wrote via his SI.