Steelers' Draft Strategy: Unity & Consensus

0:00On May 1st, former Steelers GM Kevin Colbert dropped some real talk on how draft decisions went down in Pittsburgh. Back in his day, no player got picked without full agreement from everyone in the room. That meant the Rooney family, head coaches like Bill Cowher or Mike Tomlin, and the scouting team all had to be on board 100%. They hashed out every debate over four weeks leading up to draft day, sorting differences until the final meeting the day before. If anyone held out, they'd circle back until it was unanimous. Colbert called it a true Steelers decision where silence men you agreed. Fast forward to this year's draft, and folks ripped current GM Omar Khan for missing out on wide receiver, Makai Lemon. The Eagles traded up to snag him right before Pittsburgh's pick at number 21, even while the Steelers were on the phone with the kid. Khan stuck with their league high 12 picks and didn't trade up. Some fans thought the Steelers panicked by grabbing offensive Lyman, Max Ihanakor, next, but the team sees it different. They view him as a perfect fit, built for their style with his soccer background boosting

1:04his footwork and versatility in past protection and run. Blocking, that consensus approach from the Colbert era probably helped them land guys like Max without regrets, keeping the Steelers machine rolling strong into. The future.