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2025 NFL Draft: Steelers also pass on Shedeur Sanders, take Oregon DT Derrick Harmon instead

If the Pittsburgh Steelers had to play a game right before the NFL Draft started, Mason Rudolph would have been their starting quarterback. That’s not ideal.

And despite having little idea who is their quarterback of the present or future, the Steelers passed on Shedeur Sanders.

Sanders, who months ago was considered a possibility to go first overall in the NFL Draft, had a big fall. The New Orleans Saints passed on him with the ninth pick, and then the Steelers passed on him at No. 21. Instead they took Oregon Ducks defensive tackle Derrick Harmon. That left everyone wondering what the Steelers will do at quarterback and where Sanders might fall.