PITTSBURGH — As Kevin Colbert and Mike Tomlin have traveled the country attending the workouts of each of the top five quarterbacks in the draft, their presence as conspicuous as a Hollywood starlet, the fascination the Steelers will draft one of those prospects with their first-round pick continues to grow like grass after a spring rainstorm.
Adding to the frenzy that has enveloped the national media, not to mention the Steelers fan base that is treating the available quarterbacks as though they are Dan Marino and Peyton Manning, are the public declarations from both Colbert and Tomlin that the Steelers have not ruled out the possibility of drafting a quarterback despite signing Mitch Trubiksy to challenge Mason Rudolph.
Tomlin even went so far at the NFL owners meetings last week in Palm Beach, Fla., to surprisingly offer an evaluation of Malik Willis, saying the Liberty quarterback is "really impressive, sharp, grounded, comfortable in his skin." History has shown the Steelers comment on a draft prospect about as often as a total eclipse. Colbert, in fact, might be more inclined to set his eyebrows on fire than offer an evaluation of a prospect before the draft.
