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Elandon Roberts Said He Chose The Steelers Over Several Other Teams

New Pittsburgh Steelers’ linebacker Elandon Roberts wasn’t turning down the 412. Despite having interest around the league, when Mike Tomlin asked Roberts if he wanted to become a Steeler, Roberts couldn’t say no.

In his first press conference as a Steeler today, Roberts described his free agency process.

“I had quite a few options,” Roberts said in a Zoom call shared on Steelers.com. “I had quite a few options. But I can tell you when Pittsburgh came in the fold, it jumped. It was kind of like, ‘get it done, let’s push to really get this done to Pittsburgh.