Peat
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Does Kevin Colbert sign Russell Wilson, trade for Justin Fields, and then ship Kenny out of town? Maybe I'm wrong in believing it moves differently, but it does.
I mean we have no idea what Colbert would have done there before he didn't miss on drafting his own young franchise QB. We don't know how he'd have dealt with that situation, particularly if he had his HC jumping up and down crushing about a super cheap high prestige QB. He also didn't have the pressure of a near record length of playoff futility going on with an owner making loud comments about it not being good enough in the media.
History says Colbert were generally more patient than Khan but Colbert's situation was good and made patience profitable and something the other Steelers decision makers were on board with; Khan's situation has not been good and the other Steelers decision makers have been very impatient.
As such, it's an apples to oranges situation where we have no idea whether Colbert's and Khan's actions represent unbending philosophical differences or simply reactions to circumstances.
For what it's worth though, Colbert traded guys under "volunteers, not hostages" too, so that bit fits at least.
And, as mentioned before
"to not lose sight of the point - maybe the Steelers are more aggressive trading for players now, or moving on from players - but they're still targeting the same players. If we're looking for the magic wand of Andy Weidl as a big difference in these parts, it's hard to see when they're still chasing the same guys they've crushed on forever."