Pro Football Focus will release a ton of mock drafts throughout the offseason and many of them are sure to include the Pittsburgh Steelers selecting a quarterback in the first round at 20th overall. On Monday, Trevor Sikkema of PFF released a new mock draft for 2022 and he indeed has the Steelers selecting North Carolina quarterback Sam Howell at 20th overall in the first round.
Below is Sikkema’s reasoning for mocking Howell to the Steelers:
“Like other quarterback-needy teams in this mock, Pittsburgh is still not a lock to take a signal-caller. But if things stand pat with where the Steelers are currently, they’ll need a first-round-caliber quarterback from this class.