These aren’t your grandpa’s Pittsburgh Steelers. They’re hardly even Kevin Colbert’s anymore. On paper, Omar Khan and Chuck Noll might not have much in common. Noll was a player turned defensive-minded coach. Khan’s worked in front offices most of his life. Noll was old-school, Khan embraces new-age analytics. But they’ve both turned over the Steelers’ roster entering their fourth seasons on the job. Collections that feel hardly recognizable from what each inherited.
That’s not just a feeling, either. That’s the math. From 1969 to 1972, only 14 of Noll’s initial ’69 roster remained. From 2022 to 2025, Khan has one fewer.