Although it was never the focal point of his job with the Pittsburgh Steelers, new general manager Omar Khan often gets falsely pigeonholed as a ‘numbers’ guy, a ‘cap’ guy, or a ‘contract’ guy. Yet in spite of that fact, the organization still felt they would be best served by adding Andy Weidl and his personnel expertise to the front office.
Exactly what that entails they themselves are still finding out, but we have some idea of what his priorities, preferences, and processes are. We have been told through multiple sources at this point that Weidl will be asked to set the team’s draft board, something that he did in Philadelphia as well for general manager Howie Roseman.