Martavis Bryant hasn't let his frustration with his role in Pittsburgh's offense get in the way of his feelings about his coach, Mike Tomlin.

Bryant, who was demoted to the scout team and has been benched for Sunday's game against the Lions, met with Tomlin after publicly requesting a trade if his current role in the offense continues. Tomlin said on Tuesday that the Steelers would not trade Bryant.

"We just sat down there and talked. It was like father and son, you know what I mean?" Bryant told PennLive.com's Jacob Klinger. "I look at coach as a father, so we sat down and really had a good conversation and that was that."

Tomlin, who previously praised Bryant's realistic approach about the challenges of coming back after missing a year of football, pointed to Bryant's growth as a reason why the team will not entertain trading him.

"We've invested a lot, we've covered a lot of ground," Tomlin said. "It's obvious that we still got more ground to cover with him because we're having a conversation about him that's not football-related. But we have. He's done a lot in the period of time that he's been here in terms of improving, not only as a player, but as a man. But we still got a ways to go.

"He was out of bounds with some of his actions in terms of the things that he said on social media. It will be dealt with, appropriately so."

While he obviously has a great deal of respect for his coach, Bryant must work his way out of his current situation if he's going to help the Steelers again on game days while rewarding Tomlin and the Steelers for the time and support they've given him since drafting him back in 2014.

"I’m gonna see what happens," Bryant said on Wednesday about his future in Pittsburgh. "Right now, I’m here, so I’m just gonna play hard, finish strong and see what happens. That’s all I can focus on."