Steelers investigating all options to end QB Room

Palm Beach, FLA. – The Pittsburgh Steelers Soon they will not get out of the carousel from Quarterback. In the middle of the public courtship Quarterback Aaron RodgersCoach Mike Tomlin said on Sunday that the team is exploring their options to add to the Quarterback room.

“We are still evaluating the acquisition of a guy in a position, whether it is a free agency and/or a proposal, so we are doing our DUE diligence with some free agents. We are also preparing for a proposal,” Tomlin said from the NFL league annual meeting since January.

“We are optimistic about the room we build. We are obviously excited by the Mason Rudolph rear.

“But we will certainly continue to explore all our possibilities when it comes to rounding this room.”

Tomlin was Coy on the specifics of chasing Steelers about 41 -year -old Rodgers, team facility Almost six hours 21st March.

“It was reported that he spent a day with us and it was a really good day,” Tomlin said. “Specifically, he and I apparently knew each other for some time, so it was really good to spend some time together, man, and to get to know each other more intimately, but he’s a free agency. It’s a process. I have nothing else but I would add another.”

Tomlin said that there was no internal term Steelers to solve the situation with Rodgers.

“Not in my knowledge,” he said. “I don’t know that we approached him from the point of view. Certainly, as I mentioned, you would like to solve circumstances, but the terms often do not bring it to the head.”

Steeleers’ coach added that during their visit he also did not apply for his timeline.

“I really wanted to spend more time, just get to know him better and things he appreciates as a player and a man and what he could look for with his next stop,” he said.

Asked about the potential plan B, if Rodgers decides to go elsewhere or retire, Tomlin said that the team does not necessarily identify the preference.

“I don’t know if we identify something as a plan A, Plan B or Plan C,” he said. “We just look at the area of ​​available people, whether it’s a free agency or a proposal and decision -making, and we collect information appropriately.”

Tomlin also said that “not much thought” about solving the situation of Rodgers before the proposal and that the unresolved position of Quarterback did not prevent the team of free agency plans. Steelers traded for a wide receiver Dk metcalf On the eve of the negotiation period and signed corner agent free agent Darius Slay Jr. and run back Kenneth GainwellAmong other things.

Although the Steelers will not set a deadline for Rodgers’ decision, Tomlin acknowledged that entering the training camp with an incomplete Quarterback room could negatively affect the development of the team.

“In the spring, it is a teaching and learning and acquainted with players and ensuring that they are familiar with some of the things we appreciate,” he said. “For us, this is not the time of evaluation of the year. It is definitely not the time of the year we focus on preparing for the game event. The training camp would be a line of defining in this discussion; spring is about teaching and learning.”

Increasing the meaning of having a complete position Quarterback in spring is something like leaving Tomlin’s words a year ago when he said it was important to place Russell Wilson In the “position of position” for initial work Justin Fields Because of his experience and veterans management.

“During this time, when we don’t formally work, I think it’s beneficial,” Tomlin said at a meeting of 2024. “Just creating a synergy I think is good for this time of year.”

Although the position of Quarterback is an unfinished work, Tomlin acknowledged that Rudolph’s experience with the team – and Pittsburgh’s view of him as a potential starter – led to the Steelers Sign him on a two -year agreement.

“I think we picked him up again, man,” Tomlin said, asked if Rudolph could be the “guy”. “We like Mason Rudolph, but it’s not a secret.”