The Pittsburgh Steelers never seemed truly in on Matthew Stafford, but it was not because they did not want him. According to Benjamin Allbright of IHeartRadio in Denver, Stafford did not want to go to the Steelers. In fact, the Steelers had called, and Stafford expressed he did not want to join their teams.

LA’s quarterback is back: the Rams and Matthew Stafford reached agreement today on a restructured deal that keeps him in Los Angeles and quashes any and all trade speculation, per sources. The first significant off-season QB domino has fallen. pic.twitter.com/wNwydqn49R

The Pittsburgh Steelers called about Matthew Stafford and were flatly rejected. Here's how that impacts their QB plans moving forward.