Adam Schefter evaluates Steelers' QB future amid three-game losing streak

With Pittsburgh on their longest losing streak of this season having dropped three of their six total losses on the year, quarterback has come up again as a question.

However, Adam Schefter doesn’t know where else the Steelers would look now or this offseason beyond Russell Wilson. As he explained this morning on ‘Get Up’, they’re not going to have the means or opportunity to either draft or sign a new quarterback, or at least one that would be much better for them, for next season

“This is where they’re currently at, said Schefter. “You asked about the team’s situation in the future. They’d like to go ahead and keep Russell Wilson and re-sign him to keep him in Pittsburgh. But, even if they couldn’t, what do you want them to do with the quarterback position? Who’s going to be out there that’s an upgrade over Russell Wilson right now?”

“There are two logical first-round quarterbacks in the draft. They’re not going to get either one of those. The top free-agent quarterbacks are going to be Sam Darnold and Russell Wilson. Is there another quarterback in the trade market that all of a sudden is going to spring free? Probably not,” Schefter noted. “So this is where the Steelers are.”

Since becoming Pittsburgh’s QB1 with a 6-4 record, Wilson has completed 64.6% of his passes for 2,334 yards, 15 touchdowns, and five interceptions. That includes posting 64.2% completion for 505 yards, three touchdowns, and a pair of picks in the recent losses to Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Kansas City.

Schefter also doesn’t have much issue with how Wilson’s play is affecting the Steelers in the losing streak. He sees other problems with their team that have come out against three of the best in the league, with the margins of loss in those being no closer than two touchdowns, over less than two weeks’ time.

“They’ve got to find a way to build out the roster and get the turnover battle that they haven’t been able to get to be able to compete with the top teams. If they’re not getting turnovers, they’re not going to win. In the last three weeks, they’ve lost to three superior teams when they haven’t gotten turnovers, when they’ve played flat, when they haven’t executed the fundamentals, when they haven’t done the small little things that have made the difference.”

“They’re a good team. They’re just not with the big boys right now,” said Schefter.