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PFT Praises Khan Hire: ‘If I Had To Pick A Candidate, It Would’ve Been Him’

The NFL world is reacting to something that happens about as often as a new pope. The Pittsburgh Steelers have a new GM. The white smoke has just gone up with the team officially announcing Omar Khan as the team’s successor to Kevin Colbert. Though Khan has been a largely unknown name in many media circles, Mike Florio and Chris Simms over at Pro Football Talk praised the move yesterday.

Florio compared Khan’s personality to Colbert’s.

“Khan waits patiently,” he said. “Waits for a very long time behind Kevin Colbert and gets the job…they weren’t going outside the building.