With the NFL Scouting Combine just a week away, the offseason train is rolling in full effect, and before we know it, free agency and the draft will be upon us. Much has been made of general manager Kevin Colbert’s reported departure immediately after the draft, with multiple candidates already having been interviewed, and more surely to follow. Recently, Colbert went to the record stating his replacement won’t be hired until after the draft, which is key because this draft is perhaps his most important one at the helm.
This thought alone brought me to another popular GM who stepped down recently in the Baltimore Ravens’ Ozzie Newsome, who hit the jackpot in his finale after the 2018 draft.