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Khan, Tomlin tie a bow on 2023 NFL Draft

Q. In the days leading up to the draft, you mentioned that you were open to doing business with the 32nd pick, maybe trading out of it. Did you guys become less eager to do so when Joey Porter Jr., was still on the board?

OMAR KHAN: I think we listened. There were definitely opportunities there, and after we evaluated everything, we just felt really good about the opportunity to take Joey Porter Jr., so it worked out that way.

Q. Coming into the weekend, did you ever see a scenario where he would be there at No. 32 overall?

OMAR KHAN: You go through different scenarios and mocks and we had him graded obviously higher than that, and we expected him to go higher than that, but we’re very fortunate. We consider ourselves very

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