Despite early offseason chatter about a potentially wide open offense in Pittsburgh, training camp reports indicate the offense will stay run-heavy, nerfing Germie Bernard‘s rookie year upside. Regardless of the offense’s identity, Bernard has remained parked behind Metcalf, Pittman, and Roman Wilson and will struggle to post a meaningful Target Share in Year 1.
Given his camp struggles, Bernard projects to be useless in redraft. He is also a dynasty league falling knife that will continue to leak lifetime value for the foreseeable future.
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Third-year wideout Roman Wilson—boasting a 40.0% College Dominator Rating with an underwhelming 22.2 Breakout Age at Michigan—is flashing speed and quickness and dominating early targets from quarterback Aaron Rodgers in Pittsburgh training camp. Wilson commanded primary WR3 reps ahead of second-round rookie Germie Bernard, operating behind veteran starters DK Metcalf and Michael Pittman Jr.
Coming off a 2025 campaign where he managed a meager 13.4% Target Rate and 33.6% Snap Share across 13 games, Wilson remains a low-volume option unlikely to command enough target share to matter in 12-team redraft or best ball fantasy leagues. However, Wilson is now an attractive back-of-the-roster stash in dynasty leagues with Pittman and Metcalf both past the age apex.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are officially on a road to nowhere after signing Aaron Rodgers to reunite with Mike McCarthy. The corporate media wants you to believe this is a monumental reunion, but the metrics do not lie: Rodgers is coming off a geriatric 14.6 Fantasy Points Per Game (#23) and an abysmal 6.7 Yards Per Attempt (#29) in 2025.
Rodgers is a washed, low-end QB2 for fantasy football. A first-round playoff exit would be considered a success, so the signing merely delays Pittsburgh’s inevitably demise. Fortunately, Rodgers and the Steelers are devoid of elite, young players to drag down in fantasy football dynasty leagues.
While anonymous sources are less trustworthy, coaches rarely tattletale on each other. Given this, it is noteworthy that a Big Ten coach criticized Penn State’s coaching staff while expressing optimism that the Steelers’ coaching staff can maximize quarterback Drew Allar’s potential.
Allar’s skills were cleary not fully utilized at Penn State, and Pittsburgh has the most chaotic QB room in the sport. The Steelers great faith in local boy Allar by selecting him in the third round of the 2026 NFL Draft in spite of a senior season that started slowly and was cut short by an injury. Allar is projected to begin the season sitting behind veteran Aaron Rodgers, should Rodgers return to the Steelers. For the moment, Allar is a value in dynasty superflex rookie drafts as long as Pittsburgh’s QB depth chart is in-flux.
The right-of-first-refusal tender forces Aaron Rodgers to “accept a 10 percent raise off last year’s salary, which would pay him about $15 million this season, and the Steeelrs also now will have the right to match any offer sheet he would sign with another team.” This contract move secures Pittsburgh’s right to match outside offers and dictates that Rodgers can only sign with the team once training camp begins.
By drafting quarterback Drew Allar and applying a restrictive $15 million tender, the Steelers are pressuring Aaron Rodgers for a commitment regarding the 2026 season. Despite the veteran’s ongoing silence, NBC Sports commentator Mike Tomlin reported he is confident that Rodgers will return to lead the offense under Mike McCarthy. Rodgers is a desperation play in superflex and 2QB leagues as Allar looms.
The Pittsburgh Steelers just snagged a prototypical pocket quarterback in 6-foot-5, 235-pound Drew Allar at No. 76, with the arm talent to spray the ball across all three levels while operating as the ultimate “chain-mover” in the Steel City. Allar earned a 19.5 Breakout Age (82nd-percentile) and a surgical 47.5-percent first-down conversion rate, proving he possesses the processing floor and high-end traits to dominate even after a situational ankle injury slowed his final collegiate campaign.
From a dynasty perspective, this is likely a QB-in-waiting situation, with Allar getting a year to hold a clipboard and learn from Aaron Rodgers.