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...
became believe draft free gone guys keeping main market occasional plug recent team
We've never been a big free-agency team because we don't believe that's the way to put a team together, exclusively. We believe that the draft will always be the main part of your team, but we also believe that you'll have to plug in the occasional free agent. In recent years, we haven't gone after the high-end market (players) because we've concentrated on keeping our own players, who may have been higher-end guys if they became free agents.
cap final issues number
We're anticipating having cap issues once that final number is determined.
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.
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.
happy successful
We're happy with the way we operate, and if it's successful it will continue. They've been doing it this way a lot of years with success.
decided good worked
We decided to take a chance, and it worked out pretty good for us.