Steelers exploring all options to round out QB room - ESPN

PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Pittsburgh Steelers aren't getting off the quarterback carousel anytime soon. Amid a public courtship of quarterback Aaron Rodgers, coach Mike Tomlin said Sunday that the team is examining its options to add to the quarterback room.

«We're still evaluating the acquisition of a guy at the position, whether it's free agency and/or the draft, and so we're doing our due diligence communicating with some free agents. Also preparing for the draft,» Tomlin said from the NFL's annual league meeting in his first public comments since a season-ending news conference in January.

«We're optimistic about the room that we're constructing. Obviously, we're excited about having Mason Rudolph back.

»But certainly we're going to continue to explore all our options in terms of rounding that room out."

Tomlin was coy on the specifics of the Steelers' pursuit of the 41-year-old Rodgers, who visited the team facility for nearly six hours on March 21.

«It's been reported that he spent a day with us, and it was a really good day,» Tomlin said. «Specifically, he and I obviously have known of each other for some time, and so it was really good to spend some time together, man, and get to know each other more intimately, but it is free agency. It is a process. I have nothing of any more significance to add other than that.»

Tomlin said there wasn't an internal Steelers deadline to resolve the situation with Rodgers.

«Not to my knowledge,» he said. «I don't know that we've approached it from a deadline perspective. Certainly, as I mentioned, you'd like to have settled circumstances, but deadlines don't often bring that to a head.»

The Steelers' coach added he also didn't ask Rodgers about his timeline during their visit.

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