Former Browns QB predicts the Steelers will ‘win it all’

SiriusXM Blitz co-host pictures the Steelers hoisting the Lombardi Trophy in 2021.

Bruce Murray and Brady Quinn broke down their predictions for conference champions and Super Bowl on their show SiriusXM Blitz on Wednesday.

The two have the Steelers and Chiefs repping the AFC but predicted opposite winners.

For Murray, it came down to Baltimore or Pittsburgh in the conference championship. “Everything you’re hearing and seeing about Ben Roethlisberger coming back from that injury, with the arm being sound… I think it’s easy to see [Pittsburgh in it].”

Murray doesn’t have the Steelers winning the AFC North but does envision Baltimore faltering in the playoffs, as they have the last two seasons — leaving Pittsburgh to battle Kansas City for the conference. Murray picked the Chiefs as victors.

While Murray speculates Kansas City in the Super Bowl, Quinn has the Steelers beating the Chiefs for a trip to Tampa.

“I think [the Steelers] might be one of the only teams that defensively has the pieces to match up with the Chiefs offense,” Quinn said. “Also, offensively, put some pressure on the Chiefs and put up some points through the air and on the ground.”

Quinn, a former first-round pick of the Cleveland Browns, thinks Pittsburgh’s team checks all the boxes they need to be successful.

“They get JuJu Smith-Schuster coming back healthy with a second-round pick in Chase Claypool. And Diontae Johnson, James Washington to go along with their tight ends, their run game. They really do have it all.”

“As long as Ben stays healthy and plays the way he’s capable of, this team shouldn’t have any shortcomings,” said Quinn. “I have the Pittsburgh Steelers winning it all in 2020 and beating the New Orleans Saints, unfortunately for Drew Brees and Sean Payton… It may be one of the last [Super Bowl wins] Pittsburgh has with Big Ben.”

Then Quinn asked the question all of Steelers Nation has since the pandemic surfaced, and the NFL decided to make a go of the season.

“What’s going to happen if Ben Roethlisberger gets COVID and has to miss a couple of weeks — will Mason Rudolph be able to take over and do enough at the quarterback spot?” Quinn asked, hypothetically. “There are all kinds of questions that are yet to play out [for the league].”

For those who may remember, Quinn played in the NFL for a spell. He was selected 22nd overall in the 2007 NFL Draft by Cleveland, where he appeared in 14 games over three seasons. He spent his final season with the Chiefs in 2012.

I think we can all agree, Quinn is a far better analyst/radio co-host than he was a pro football player. And not just because he picked the Steelers to hoist the Lombardi Trophy in 2021.

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