One of the biggest additions for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the past two years has been assistant general manager Andy Weidl. Weidl came over from the Philadelphia Eagles and taken over the responsibilities of the NFL draft with great success. Weidl’s success has put him squarely on the radar of other NFL teams as a future general manager according to Sports Illustrated.
Weidl has a similar path to Cunningham’s, having come up in Baltimore, before going with Douglas to Philly. Plenty of people who’ve worked with him have asked why he doesn’t get mentioned more—and there’s a reason why Omar Khan, whose background was on the cap side, worked hard to get him to be his No. 2 after Kevin Colbert retired. Few have the path of having worked for three perennial winners that Weidl brings to the table.
Weidl and Omar Khan are the ultimate front-office tandem but we expect to see Weidl get plenty of offers to run his own team at the end of the season. If he leaves, Pittsburgh might need to coax another person off of this list to help fill that void.
