-Kevin Colbert will continue on his general manager position after the Pittsburgh Steelers and Colbert agreed on a two-year contract extension last Saturday, the signed contract will maintain the manager until the 2018 NFL Draft. head coach Mike Tomlin reached a similar agreement just two days before, with a two-year extension for Tomlin and a Pittsburgh Steelers head coach position guaranteed through the 2018 season.
The 58 year-old Colbert is through his 16th season as the Steelers own, five years and counting as the team’s general manager. Over 15 years ago on Feb. 15 (2000 season) Colbert joined the ranks, supporting the team as the director of football operations through his first 11 seasons with Pittsburgh., he has played a key role in acquiring and assembling teams that fans have witnessed won two Super Bowls (XL and XLIII), three AFC Championships, seven division titles, earned nine playoff berths and had 11 winning seasons. The Steelers have had just one losing season during Colbert’s 15 years with the Steelers.
-Some days before the start of training camp we saw a Jon Gruden tutoring Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel, working mostly on gameplay mechanics, taking a smart approach from Super bowl experienced Gruden, Manziel, now clocking a second NFL year, and influenced in a strong way from film studying and some throwing mechanics for the past week, thanks to former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders head coach.
Heisman Trophy winner when playing for Texas A&M back in 2012, and first-round draft pick for this previous season Browns, unfortunately his notorious off the field behavior led to a lot of infamy, in an attempt to correct his wrongs Manziel has taken measures to have a more positive light this offseason, putting behind him a rookie season filled with troubling headlines that led him to spend 10 weeks in a rehab center earlier this year, Manziel starting for two games with an 18 of 35 passes completed for 175 yards, and totaled nine rushes for 29 yards this previous season. After an unfortunate injury to his hamstring in the 16th week before the Carolina Panthers game, he was placed on injured reserve.
