Steelers Wire
The Pittsburgh Steelers should be considered partial owners of the Philadelphia Eagles’ Lombardi Trophy—after all, drafting Chase Claypool in 2020 is the only reason the Kansas City Chiefs lost Super Bowl LIX.
The Eagles Super Bowl MVP QB Jalen Hurts and the Steelers were linked together in the buildup to the 2020 NFL Draft, even to the point where the Eagles QB believed he was going to Pittsburgh when he received his draft day phone call.
However, as the Black and Gold faithful are well aware, the Steelers used the 49th overall pick in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft to select Claypool, and Hurts was drafted just four picks later.
In five seasons, Hurts has been selected to two Pro Bowls, named Second-Team All-Pro, and is now a Super Bowl LIX champion along with being named Super Bowl MVP.
In Claypool’s first five seasons, he has bounced around from the Steelers to the Bears, to the Dolphins, to the Bills, and is now completely out of the NFL.
The city of Philadelphia owes their second to Super Bowl championship to the incompetence of former Steelers GM Kevin Colbert.
