We are now just a few short days away from the NFL Draft, which is also the pinnacle of each team’s respective scouting department. All those countless hours and miles traveled visiting prospect’s games, the Senior Bowl, the NFL Combine and pro days nationwide comes to a head beginning Thursday night. For Coach Mike Tomlin and General Manager Kevin Colbert, this weekend will also be a bittersweet one, as Colbert is set to step down from his GM role following the draft.
Since Tomlin’s hiring in 2007, Colbert has been the only GM he’s ever worked with, and we all witnessed the fruits of their labor in their first draft together, which yielded Pro Bowl linebackers Lawrence Timmons and LaMarr Woodley with their first two picks.