Not only did the Pittsburgh Steelers make a move at general this offseason—brought about by Kevin Colbert’s stepping down from that role—the team also fundamentally changed the structure of the front office in the process through expansion.
While the changes are likely not even done yet, and may even be years in development, perhaps the most critical change was the adoption of the role of an assistant general manager. Considering the Steelers never had a formal general manager before Colbert, it stands to reason that they never had an assistant before him—and he never had one.
Omar Khan does, though, and it’s someone he’s familiar with—Pittsburgh native Andy Weidl, with whom he actually worked before he even got to the Steelers, though, coincidentally, after Weidl had already been there himself.