There are a number of factors that must play into a team’s decision to draft a certain player at a certain spot. But there is one common denominator that ties them all together. He has to be a good player whom you believe can be good for your team. Period. Full stop. Everything else is secondary or irrelevant.
That was pretty much what Pittsburgh Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert philosophized about during the team’s pre-draft press conference earlier in the week during a number of portions of the event, touching on the topic in responses to different questions.