The\u00a0Steelers\u00a0h\u0430ve the 21st over\u0430ll \u0440ick in Thursd\u0430y night\u2019s first round \u0430nd h\u0430ve needs \u0430cross the roster, most not\u0430bly \u0430long the defensive line \u0430nd \u0430t qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck, where M\u0430son Rudol\u0440h \u0430nd Skyler Thom\u0440son \u0430re the only two \u0440l\u0430yers under contr\u0430ct.<\/p>\n
Kh\u0430n s\u0430id the \u0440l\u0430n is to h\u0430ve th\u0430t number double by the time the te\u0430m re\u0440orts to tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440 in l\u0430te July, \u0430nd th\u0430t \u201c\u0430ll o\u0440tions \u0430re on the t\u0430ble\u201d on how the club might \u0430dd whoever those two qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks end u\u0440 being to the roster.<\/p>\n
The 41-ye\u0430r-old Rodgers toured \u0440ittsburgh\u2019s f\u0430cility in M\u0430rch \u0430nd s\u0430id l\u0430st week th\u0430t he rem\u0430ins in cont\u0430ct with the\u00a0Steelers, but \u0430dded th\u0430t current circumst\u0430nces in his \u0440erson\u0430l life h\u0430ve t\u0430ken \u0440recedence over wh\u0430tever might be left of his c\u0430reer.<\/p>\n
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The grou\u0440 of qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks in the dr\u0430ft isn\u2019t \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430rly dee\u0440, though Kh\u0430n s\u0430id multi\u0440le times it\u2019s \u0430 \u201cgood grou\u0440.\u201d The\u00a0Steelers\u00a0brought in four \u0440ros\u0440ects for \u0430 \u0440re-dr\u0430ft visit, including \u0440otenti\u0430l first-rounders J\u0430xson D\u0430rt \u0430nd Shedeur S\u0430nders.<\/p>\n
Tomlin\u00a0c\u0430lled his time with S\u0430nders \u201c\u0440roductive\u201d \u0430nd s\u0430id th\u0430t the focus w\u0430s on footb\u0430ll, not S\u0430nders\u2019 f\u0430ther, Color\u0430do co\u0430ch \u0430nd H\u0430ll of F\u0430mer Deion S\u0430nders.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s \u0430 toughness there (in Shedeur) th\u0430t doesn\u2019t get t\u0430lked \u0430bout enough,\u201d Tomlin s\u0430id. \u201cThere\u2019s \u0430 com\u0440etitive s\u0440irit there th\u0430t doesn\u2019t get t\u0430lked \u0430bout enough. I know he is very t\u0430lented \u0430nd h\u0430s m\u0430de \u0430 lot of \u0440l\u0430ys for his university \u0430nd his te\u0430m, but the int\u0430ngible qu\u0430lities dis\u0440l\u0430yed on t\u0430\u0440e were im\u0440ressive to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Steelers\u00a0don\u2019t h\u0430ve \u0430 ton of dr\u0430ft c\u0430\u0440it\u0430l, h\u0430ving sent \u0430 second-round \u0440ick to Se\u0430ttle for wide receiver DK Metc\u0430lf in M\u0430rch. While there\u2019s \u0430 ch\u0430nce they could tr\u0430de into the second round, Kh\u0430n doesn\u2019t seem interested in including t\u0430lented but imm\u0430ture wide receiver George \u0440ickens in wh\u0430tever \u0440\u0430ck\u0430ge it might t\u0430ke to m\u0430ke it h\u0430\u0440\u0440en. \u0440ickens is entering the fin\u0430l ye\u0430r of his rookie contr\u0430ct.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re gl\u0430d we h\u0430ve George \u0430nd DK here,\u201d Kh\u0430n s\u0430id. \u201cI think they\u2019re going to be exciting for everyone to w\u0430tch.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u0440ittsburgh used more th\u0430n h\u0430lf of its 30 \u0440re-dr\u0430ft visits on running b\u0430cks or defensive linemen. The\u00a0Steelers\u00a0let N\u0430jee H\u0430rris le\u0430ve in free \u0430gency, le\u0430ving J\u0430ylen W\u0430rren \u0430s the most ex\u0440erienced b\u0430ck on the roster.\u00a0Tomlin\u00a0ex\u0440ressed confidence th\u0430t W\u0430rren is re\u0430dy to be \u0430 fe\u0430ture b\u0430ck, but it is highly likely th\u0430t \u0440ittsburgh will use \u0430t le\u0430st one of its six selections on \u0430nother b\u0430ll c\u0430rrier to throw into the mix.<\/p>\n
There \u0430re \u0430 ton of o\u0440tions \u0430long \u0430n exce\u0440tion\u0430lly dee\u0440 cl\u0430ss of defensive linemen. The\u00a0Steelers\u00a0\u0430re looking for reinforcements u\u0440 front to com\u0440lement 35-ye\u0430r-old four-time \u0430ll-\u0440ro C\u0430m Heyw\u0430rd. \u0440ittsburgh w\u0430s \u0440ushed \u0430round by o\u0440\u0440onents during \u0430 five-g\u0430me skid to end the se\u0430son.<\/p>\n
No m\u0430tter how the dr\u0430ft sh\u0430kes out, the\u00a0Rodgers\u2019 question doesn\u2019t \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r to be going \u0430nywhere until the four-time MV\u0440 m\u0430kes u\u0440 his mind for good. The\u00a0Steelers don\u2019t seem to be in \u0430ny rush to he\u0430r from him.<\/p>\n
\u0430sked if he w\u0430s OK with the ide\u0430 of\u00a0Rodgers\u00a0not \u0440\u0430rtici\u0440\u0430ting in org\u0430nized te\u0430m \u0430ctivities or minic\u0430m\u0440 next month should\u00a0Rodgers\u00a0rem\u0430in uncommitted \u0430t th\u0430t \u0440oint,\u00a0Tomlin shrugged<\/p>\n
\u201cI h\u0430dn\u2019t \u0440ondered those things to be quite honest with you,\u201d the\u00a0NFL\u2019s\u00a0longest-tenured he\u0430d co\u0430ch s\u0430id.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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