When Omar Khan took over as General Manager of the Pittsburgh Steelers in May 2022, he knew he had a tall task in front of him as part of a transitionary period for the Black and Gold.
He might not have expected it to be this difficult, though.
Since taking over, Khan has been much more active in free agency and via trades, aiming to plug holes as quickly and efficiently as possible, holes that were left behind from the end of the Kevin Colbert tenure in the Steel City.
Draft misses, not retaining guys on second contracts, and spending relatively big in free agency, all while still having a number of holes to plug has the Steelers in a “bad cycle” of player acquisition, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Ray Fittipaldo.