Kevin Colbert
Kevin Colbert
Kevin Colbertis the general manager of the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers since the start of 2000. He is widely credited with putting together the Super Bowl XL and the Super Bowl XLIII teams in Pittsburgh along with owner Dan Rooney, president Art Rooney II, and coaches Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin...
confident definitely help looking lose pick players
We are not going to lose in the first round. That is the way we are looking at it. I'm confident there are 32 players we can take as a first pick that will definitely help this team.
fact free lose people players sight signed
People say we haven't signed big free agents, but they lose sight of the fact that we signed significant players of our own.
caught contract guys minimum situation tear
We're not in a situation where we have to tear it up. When you look at our team, we have a lot of guys under contract for a minimum of two years. We're kind of caught up right now.
believe best challenge everybody hard love offers players priority together
We don't say one guy's a priority over the other. We do believe that we would love to have everyone back. It's hard to say where you can and can't go, because you don't know what's out there for the players yet, because they can't get offers from other teams. We want everybody back. Is that realistic? No. It's our challenge to keep this thing together the best that we can.
felt player
We felt that Brett was going to be a full-time player on our team.
adjust certain game plan
You go into it with a certain plan and you have to adjust as the game unfolds. Personally, I think it's exciting.
address care couple free players progress replace sign step taken versatile
We could sign a couple of players (to replace the versatile Randle El) or address things in the draft. We've taken care of some of the players we wanted to take care of and we'll step back and see how things progress here with free agency.
came kids last
So many of the kids came out (early) last year, it weakened this year's group.
became believe draft free gone guys keeping main market occasional plug recent team
We've never been a big free-agency team because we don't believe that's the way to put a team together, exclusively. We believe that the draft will always be the main part of your team, but we also believe that you'll have to plug in the occasional free agent. In recent years, we haven't gone after the high-end market (players) because we've concentrated on keeping our own players, who may have been higher-end guys if they became free agents.
happy successful
We're happy with the way we operate, and if it's successful it will continue. They've been doing it this way a lot of years with success.
decided good worked
We decided to take a chance, and it worked out pretty good for us.
cap final issues number
We're anticipating having cap issues once that final number is determined.
address course field locker losing room team whether
Jerome Bettis was a big part of what this team has done over the course of his career. Losing him from the field is one thing, and then losing him in the locker room is another thing. That is a big loss. Whether we are going to be able to address it or not, we will see as it goes.
attention everybody pay time
I think you pay attention to what everybody is doing this time of year. But you do pay more attention to your own division, for sure.