Sources - Russell Wilson, Steelers to meet; QB spoke with Giants - ESPN

Quarterback Russell Wilson is visiting Friday with the Pittsburgh Steelers and spoke with the New York Giants on Thursday as the free agent-to-be seeks his next NFL team, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

League sources described Wilson's session with the Giants as an «exploratory meeting.» Wilson is expected to meet with other teams, including possibly the Las Vegas Raiders, sources said.

Wilson is meeting with teams ahead of his release by the Denver Broncos at the start of the league year on Wednesday. Sources told Schefter this week that the Broncos had granted Wilson permission to immediately begin speaking and meeting with other teams in their home cities.

The Steelers have only 2022 first-round pick Kenny Pickett under contract at quarterback. Mason Rudolph is entering free agency after starting three games for Pittsburgh last season.

Steelers general manager Omar Khan expressed «full faith» in Pickett this month at the NFL combine.

«We are excited about Kenny and excited about the impact that [new OC] Arthur Smith is going to have on the offense and on Kenny,» Khan said.

Still, both Khan and coach Mike Tomlin said they planned to bring in competition for Pickett, though Khan didn't tip his hand about how the team planned to do that. Khan also said the team remained interested in bringing back Rudolph.

Typically conservative in their free agency approach, the Steelers have a recent history in adding free agent quarterbacks to their roster. Before drafting Pickett, the Steelers signed former Chicago Bears first-round pick Mitch Trubisky to a two-year, $14 million deal on the first day of free agency in 2021. Trubisky, though, was unseated as starter by Pickett four games into the season, and despite signing an