Kevin Colbert
Kevin Colbert
Kevin Colbertis the general manager of the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers since the start of 2000. He is widely credited with putting together the Super Bowl XL and the Super Bowl XLIII teams in Pittsburgh along with owner Dan Rooney, president Art Rooney II, and coaches Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin...
confident definitely help looking lose pick players
We are not going to lose in the first round. That is the way we are looking at it. I'm confident there are 32 players we can take as a first pick that will definitely help this team.
champion game helped move players sign win
We're not going to sign everyone. We may have to move on without some of the players who helped us win a championship. That's the way the game is today.
felt player
We felt that Brett was going to be a full-time player on our team.
address care couple free players progress replace sign step taken versatile
We could sign a couple of players (to replace the versatile Randle El) or address things in the draft. We've taken care of some of the players we wanted to take care of and we'll step back and see how things progress here with free agency.
agents coming contract defense free good kid player productive run ryan similar somebody types
The thing about Ryan as a player is that he was always at the right place at the right time. He was somebody who could set a defense and run a defense. Ryan's similar to the types of free agents that we've been able to sign, a young kid coming off his first contract as a starter. He was productive on a very good defense.
fact free lose people players sight signed
People say we haven't signed big free agents, but they lose sight of the fact that we signed significant players of our own.
believe best challenge everybody hard love offers players priority together
We don't say one guy's a priority over the other. We do believe that we would love to have everyone back. It's hard to say where you can and can't go, because you don't know what's out there for the players yet, because they can't get offers from other teams. We want everybody back. Is that realistic? No. It's our challenge to keep this thing together the best that we can.
add anticipate change draft guys looking players
Just looking at our history, we never have been (real active) and I don't think we'll change from that. We don't anticipate that. We'd like to get as many of our own guys back as we can, and add to it as necessary, and then go to the draft and get players that way also.
address course field locker losing room team whether
Jerome Bettis was a big part of what this team has done over the course of his career. Losing him from the field is one thing, and then losing him in the locker room is another thing. That is a big loss. Whether we are going to be able to address it or not, we will see as it goes.
enjoy game today
We'll enjoy this today and tomorrow. But we still have one more game to win.
finding guys home room
Those guys are finding that they're more at home being back in that room and back where they were.
late middle rounds spend standpoint time
We are going to spend as much time on the middle and late rounds as we do on the first-round guys. From our standpoint there is really not a lot of difference.
couple decent depth higher quality tackle
There aren't a lot of higher quality centers. There are a couple decent guards. The tackle depth is actually pretty good.
adjust certain game plan
You go into it with a certain plan and you have to adjust as the game unfolds. Personally, I think it's exciting.