Kevin Colbert was asked during his pre-draft press conference with Mike Tomlin on Monday about the rising cost of receivers this offseason and if it was more important to get young receivers on first contract. Colbert answered that regardless of position, getting starters early in the draft is important.
“I think that’s irrelevant to the position,” he said in a presser shared on the Steelers’ YouTube channel. “We’ve always talked about, our top three picks, they have to become starters in the business model that we follow because you have to have so many players fit into so many categories.