Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl
The Pittsburgh Steelers officially have entered the Plaxico Burress sweepstakes. General manager Kevin Colbert confirmed the team met with its 2000 first-round pick early Saturday morning, just one day after Burress met with the New York Giants, another former team.
According to Colbert, there have been no contract negotiations with the free-agent wide receiver, who was released from prison earlier this summer. But overall it was a productive visit.
“Drew [Rosenhaus], his agent, is interested, and we’re certainly interested,” Colbert said. “So where it goes, we will find out.”
Colbert will meet with Steelers coach Mike Tomlin later in the day to gauge his feelings and where Burress, 34, potentially could fit. The next step would be determining a price tag. The Steelers did not work out Burress Saturday.
“We’ve seen enough of [Burress’] work. Of course, if we advance to a contract, we’d have to do a physical and see where he is physically,” Colbert said. “But from what I’ve seen he looks great from a conditioning standpoint. Of course, he’s missed two years of football. Until he gets back on the football field, nobody is going to know that.”
Burress was released from prison on June 6 after serving 20 months for a gun charge.
A source close to Burress said Friday night that Burress has his eyes on the Philadelphia Eagles, who can deliver another monster blow to the Giants if they land Burress. The Eagles stunned many with their signing of top free-agent cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha Friday.
Burress spent about 90 minutes Friday evening meeting with Giants coach Tom Coughlin, general manager Jerry Reese, owner John Mara and several of his former teammates.
“I would say it was positive conversations all the way around,” Reese said. “I thought we had a good visit. We will see what comes out of this. Again, we don’t bring people in for the fun of it. We bring people in to investigate if it’s a possibility for the New York Giants. We think it’s probably a possibility and we will see where it goes.”
WRITTEN BY: James Walker covers the AFC North for ESPN.com. You can follow him on Twitter at espnafc_north. Information from ESPNNewYork.com’s Ohm Youngmisuk was used in this report  & FULL STORY HERE
