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Several reports from Detroit this week have indicated that the Lions are interested in hiring Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert as general manager in Detroit. But apparently there was no formal contact between the teams.
The Steelers have not received a request for the Lions’ permission to speak to Colbert, which the Lions should do before speaking to him, according to Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Colbert’s contract with the Steelers is through the 2021 NFL Draft, so if he doesn’t sign with them again beyond that and the Lions are willing to wait, they could hire him in four months without courtesy of the Steelers. But that would leave the Lions without a GM to navigate the free agencies and the project, so that scenario seems unlikely.
It’s more likely that the Lions will hire one of the many candidates they’ve already interviewed.
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