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Analyzing 20 years of Colbert drafts: 2005-09

As we saw in the previous installment of this series, Kevin Colbert was instrumental in helping the Steelers build toward their first Super Bowl win since 1980 with his draft classes from 2000-2004.

While there were some key players from the Tom Donahoe days still around on those teams to be sure -- Alan Faneca, Joey Porter, Aaron Smith and Hines Ward among them -- the bulk of that 2005 roster was brought in by Colbert.

But, as we also will see in Part 2 of this series, winning comes at a cost.