Former Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert ran the team’s front office before the 2000 NFL draft and was one of dozens of executives who passed on quarterback Tom Brady multiple times before taking the first overall pick for New England Patriots. consolation. Not. 199.Colbert is the “Northern Catholic Athletics Podcast” G.O.A.T. He made it clear that he regrets his loss. guest. “I always go back to my first year as the Steelers’ GM,” Steelers Depot’s Alex Kozora explained to Colbert. “Tom Brady was drafted in the sixth round.
We got Tee Martin in the 5th round. I always say Tee Martin was a great 5th round pick. If you draft in the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd round, these guys should usually be your starting pitchers. The fourth and fifth rounds are usually backups. Nos. 6 and 7 are usually practice squad types.”In all, Martin appeared in three regular season games and zero starts in his NFL career. Brady, on the other hand, collected seven Super Bowl rings and was named Super Bowl Most Valuable Player five times.
More importantly to the Steelers, TB12 beat Pittsburgh three times in the AFC Championship Game.Colbert added, “Looking back, I definitely watched Brady no matter how many years he was in New England.” “He was special. We and the rest of the NFL missed that. People often say you brought in Tee Martin. I say, “Yes, I did.” And I liked Tee. Tee won a national championship at the University of Tennessee.
Again, for a fifth-round pick, it was a very good fifth-round pick.”According to Colbert, not even the Patriots knew what Brady was in the spring of 2000 or they would have taken him with their “first pick.” Of course, Pittsburgh later traded a first-round pick in 2004 for a different type of quarterback: Ben Roethlisberger. Roethlisberger’s face will never be found on Mount Rushmore as the greatest player in NFL history, but he did lead the Steelers to two Super Bowl titles during his Hall of Fame career.
