Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert is stepping down from his position after this year’s draft. But before he does, he’s helping lead the search for Pittsburgh’s new quarterback to replace the retired Ben Roethlisberger.
Joining PFT Live from the Scouting Combine, Colbert said not having Roethlisberger behind center for the first time in 18 years will definitely be different. But the club is going to look everywhere for its next offensive signal-caller.
“When I came in, we didn’t have Ben, we got him a few years into it,” Colbert said. “So we’ve got to look at it as to, what’s next? We know he’s not coming back. In previous years, it was, he may not be coming back. Now we know for sure he isn’t. So now we have some concrete ideas about what we need to do.
“And we’ll be open to every option possible. We already have Mason Rudolph, Dwayne Haskins on the roster. Will we look at trades? Absolutely. Will we look at free agency? Sure. We’ll look at the draft….