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Citing 1974 Draft Class, Colbert Not Using Pre-Draft Disruption As An Excuse

There’s no question this draft season is unlike any other in recent memory. Pro Days wiped out. Top 30 visits cancelled. It’s hard to evaluate small-school players or those with character red flags or injuries (there will be no Combine re-checks this year). Still, Kevin Colbert isn’t using that as an excuse for this year’s draft class. To prove that point, he cited the greatest class in NFL history, 1974, where the Steelers identified five future Hall of Famers without the luxury of information teams have today. He shared the story with Steelers.com’s Missi Matthews.