The Facts: Following up on a previous item. ... The Steelers want to sign Wallace to a long-term contract, though team president Art Rooney II said today that he doesn't know when a deal might get done. "The sooner the better as far as we're concerned but there's two parties to it," Rooney said. "We'll have to see what we agree on so I don't want to put any particular time frame on it or restrictions on it because these things take time and I wouldn't want to box myself in on it."

Diehards Line:Wallace is a restricted free agent who hasn't generated much interest from other teams, and that may be due to Wallace's cost. Any team that signs Wallace has to give the Steelers its first-round draft pick this year if the Steelers don't match the offer. According to the Sacramento Bee, the 49ers shied away from Wallace even though they had interest in him because he is seeking Larry Fitzgerald money (Fitzgerald signed an eight-year, $120 million deal with the Cardinals last year). The Steelers have offered Wallace a one-year, $2.74 million deal, the highest tender a team can give to a restricted free agent. He becomes an unrestricted free agent after the 2012 season. "We stay in constant touch with him and his representatives," Rooney said.