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Colbert On 2018 ILB Draft Class: ‘Only A Few That We Thought Were Real Four-Down-Type Players’

There are still likely several fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers in addition to media members who remain puzzled as to why the team failed to select an inside linebacker at any point during the 2018 NFL Draft. That’s not overly surprising being as the position was easily regarded as perhaps the team’s biggest need ahead of the draft due to the fact that the career of current inside linebacker Ryan Shazier is currently on hold due to the serious spinal injury he suffered last season. Because of the Steelers failing to draft an inside linebacker this year, general manager Kevin Colbert is still being asked questions about the team’s decision not to.