The obvious storyline throughout this Steelers offseason typically came back to the impact of the franchise’s change at general manager from Kevin Colbert to Omar Khan. Colbert, hired in 2000 to replace Tom Donahoe atop the Steelers player personnel department, had served in that role for 23 NFL Drafts, and those drafts had been used to construct rosters that played in three Super Bowls and added two Lombardi Trophies to the franchise’s collection.
But Colbert retired after the 2022 NFL Draft, and Khan was hired to replace him, and along with that move came a restructuring of the personnel department. New people were brought in from other teams, responsibilities were shuffled and redistributed. What would it all mean, and how would it impact how the Steelers would go about their business of roster building?
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