{"id":180168,"date":"2025-07-04T06:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T06:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/180168\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T06:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T06:16:10","slug":"steelers-extend-gm-omar-khan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/180168\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers Extend GM Omar Khan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Omar Khan\u2018s tenure as general manager of the Steelers will not be ending any time soon. The team announced on Thursday that Khan has received a contract extension through 2028. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Kevin Colbert\u00a0handled GM responsibilities in Pittsburgh from 2000-21. Khan loomed as a potential in-house successor during the latter stages of his tenure, so it came as no surprise when the team looked internally as part of the final round of interviews. Khan was promoted to the role in May 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The timing of that move meant Khan was tasked with overseeing the start of the post-Ben Roethlisberger<\/a>\u00a0era at quarterback. That stretch has seen six different signal-callers start for Pittsburgh, but the team has yet to identify a long-term solution<\/a> at the position. That remains true at the moment, but for 2025 Khan and the Steelers will rely on 41-year-old\u00a0Aaron Rodgers<\/a>\u00a0to lead the offense.<\/p>\n

The decision to sign Rodgers (in June, ending a months-long run of uncertainty over whether or not he would suit up for a 21st NFL campaign) is one of several unorthodox moves Khan has made this offseason. The trade acquisition of\u00a0D.K. Metcalf<\/a> \u2013 which involved a big-ticket extension \u2013 and the departure of fellow wideout George Pickens<\/a>\u00a0coupled with the Rodgers signing mean Pittsburgh\u2019s offense will look much different this year.<\/p>\n

More recently, the Steelers and Dolphins pulled off a blockbuster trade. Cornerback\u00a0Jalen Ramsey<\/a> and tight end Jonnu Smith<\/a> are now in place<\/a>, while Minkah Fitzpatrick<\/a> is not<\/a>. The latter earned All-Pro acclaim early in his Pittsburgh tenure, but the past two years have seen a downturn in production. Despite two years remaining on Fitzpatrick\u2019s contract, the team moved forward with a notable swap which sees Ramsey arrive with considerable term (and 2025 guarantees) remaining on his pact.<\/p>\n

Khan has acted with an aggression Colbert did not often display during the 2025 offseason in particular. His moves up to this point have clearly sat well with owner\u00a0Art Rooney II,\u00a0who has certainly shown an affinity for stability in the front office and on the sidelines<\/a> during his tenure. Regardless of how his recent moves play out, Khan will be in position to continue shaping the Steelers\u2019 roster \u2013 which still has defensive stalwarts\u00a0Cameron Heyward<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0T.J. Watt<\/a>\u00a0in the fold \u2013 for years to come.<\/p>\n

That effort will include the 2026 draft, an event which will take place in Pittsburgh. By next spring, Rodgers will likely be retired<\/a>, leaving Khan and Co. in position to target a rookie passer early<\/a>. Other key roster moves will be required regardless of how the current setup fares, but Rooney and the Steelers will not be on the lookout for a replacement in the front office in any case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Omar Khan\u2018s tenure as general manager of the Steelers will not be ending any time soon. The team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,8730,6,1256,520,57,2360,426,3571],"class_list":{"0":"post-180168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-newsstand","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-omar-khan","12":"tag-pittsburgh","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","14":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","15":"tag-steelers","16":"tag-transactions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114793505595542711","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}