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Report: Lions Close To Hiring Away Steelers Longtime GM Kevin Colbert

According to a Wednesday morning report, Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert could be close to accepting an offer from the Detroit Lions to become their new front office leader.

According to Mike Stone of 97.1 The Ticket, the Lions have made an offer to Colbert and one that the Steelers longtime general manager is ‘close’ to accepting, the station reports Wednesday morning. The report goes on to say that it is now up to the Steelers to make a counteroffer to prevent Colbert from leaving the franchise he’s been in charge of running since 2000.