Forget what the pundits and draftniks say, Omar Khan said.

A mediocre crop of quarterbacks available in next week’s draft? The Pittsburgh Steelers general manager disagrees.

“I think it’s a good quarterback class,” Khan said Tuesday.

While the consensus is that this year’s group of quarterbacks is underwhelming after presumptive No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward, Khan and coach Mike Tomlin — publicly, at least — spent their annual pre-draft news conference talking up the passers who might be available for the Steelers at No. 21 overall or other spots in the draft that runs Thursday through Saturday.

Recognizing the proverbial elephant in the room when he sees it, Khan wasted no time in immediately addressing the Steelers’ quarterback situation. As soon as he sat down alongside Tomlin at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, Khan evoked the roster that at the moment has only Mason Rudolph and Skylar Thompson at the sport’s most important position.

“I know you have questions about quarterbacks,” said Khan, who is presiding over his third draft as general manager. “I’ve said before how we will have four quarterbacks when we report to Latrobe (for training camp in July). Right now, we have two. All options are on the table when it comes to the last two.”

The highest-profile option of those is 41-year-old Aaron Rodgers, who last month made a covert visit to Steelers headquarters as he ponders his options for playing a 21st NFL season.

As that soap opera enters its seventh week, conventional wisdom suggests that while they await Rodgers’ decision the Steelers could alter their draft plans in regards to quarterbacks.

Tomlin, however, was succinct when directly asked about such a scenario.

“It does not,” he said.

Tomlin also said he “hasn’t pondered” how he would approach Rodgers if the four-time NFL MVP hasn’t signed by the time the practice-like, on-field organized team activities and minicamp get underway next month.

Tomlin discussed his pre-draft meeting with Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders, the son of Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders who is potentially a serious option for the Steelers in the first round.

“It was a very normal visit and a very productive one,” Tomlin said, noting that although he’d known Deion for years and had never previously met Shedeur that he and the younger Sanders did not discuss his father.

“There’s a toughness (in Shedeur Sanders) that doesn’t get talked about enough. There’s a competitive spirit there that doesn’t get talked about enough.”