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Former Penn State QB Drew Allar Suddenly Viewed as Trade Candidate
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It's been an interesting start to the season for the Pittsburgh Steelers, dropping a game against the Cleveland Browns on Thursday Night Football.
On the one hand, Pittsburgh has played pretty well this year.
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On the other hand, one could argue that outside of their win against the Cincinnati Bengals, it doesn't really feel like this team is good enough to win a Super Bowl. After Week 3's win against Cincinnati, it's almost impossible to get a feel for what exactly Pittsburgh is.
That doesn't necessarily impact former Penn State quarterback Drew Allar all that much in terms of him having a chance to play, as there was never an expectation that he was going to this season in Pittsburgh.
As for how that could change his career if the Steelers think they have an opportunity to win, it was recently floated by Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler of ESPN that Pittsburgh could be interested in moving on from one of the four quarterbacks that they currently have on their 53-man roster.
Graziano then said that the Steelers could move Will Howard or Allar if they get what they want in return.
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"Three teams -- the Eagles, Browns and Steelers -- are carrying four quarterbacks and probably would welcome a deal at the right price," Fowler wrote. "And more injuries at the position will cause more trade talk. We've already seen six established starters go down through the first three weeks."
"I also wonder whether the Steelers will try to get something for Will Howard or Drew Allar, since it's hard to see them needing both moving forward," Graziano wrote .
Considering there are some rumblings about Allar being a franchise quarterback in Pittsburgh after this season, it wouldn't really make all that much sense to move on from him right now.
Even if the Steelers believe they have a chance to win a Super Bowl, moving on from the former Penn State quarterback doesn't necessarily get them any closer right now unless they make a player-for-player trade, which isn't common in the NFL. If anything, Allar would likely be traded for draft capital.
