For a front office that’s been as stable as any in the NFL for more than three decades, it’s no shock to see Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Omar Khan secure his first contract extension earlier in the week. A three-year pact that keeps him general manager through at least 2028, Khan has flipped the roster on its head. Quarterback remains a long-term question mark but the PPG’s Ray Fittipaldo believes the extension is an admission from ownership of the difficult hand Khan was dealt.
“I think for Art Rooney II, I think it was acknowledgement that Omar took over at a time a month after Kenny Pickett was drafted,” Fittipaldo told 93.