Perhaps this time next month, the Pittsburgh Steelers will be narrowing their search for their next general manager, if not having already named him. They have cast a pretty wide net in their search, having already done preliminary interviews with more than a dozen candidates, but there hasn’t been much insight into what direction they may be looking at.
Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently commented on the general manager role, indicating that he believes Andy Weidl from the Philadelphia Eagles could be classified as the frontrunner for the job at the moment. Mark Kaboly of The Athletic offered another spin recently, suggesting that the most likely candidate remains a familiar one:
They have interviewed 16 people, but don’t get overwhelmed by that number.