Everyone makes mistakes. But when you are a highly paid NFL analyst, you had better get your facts straight before you start talking. Former NFL running back Marshall Faulk went on “The Rich Eisen Show” and in his criticisms of the Pittsburgh Steelers, completely missed the mark about general manager Omar Khan. See if you can spot where it all goes wrong for Faulk.
“I believe Mike Tomlin, the Pittsburgh Steelers, when they lost their GM, that’s the difference in this team,” Faulk stated. “The talent doesn’t look like the Pittsburgh Steelers talent. The Pittsburgh Steelers used to draft the best available talent, not what they needed. If you start drafting what you need you get in trouble. So you gotta take the best available talent.”
If we are being fair. Faulk was half right. The level of talent in the Steelers drafts hasn’t been great over the past half dozen seasons or so. However, those drafts belonged to former general manager Kevin Colbert. Not current general manager Omar Khan. Khan didn’t take over the team until after the 2022 NFL draft.
Khan orchestrated the 2023 NFL draft which yielded multiple high-level rookie starters and could be the best draft the Steelers have had in a decade.
There’s no doubt problematic drafts are a part of what is holding the Steelers back, but that doesn’t fall on Khan.
