Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Omar Khan discusses the value of holding early selections on either the second or third days of the NFL Draft.
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00:00 >> What do you mean by the value?
00:01 By being the first pick in the second round, you mean?
00:03 >> Yeah, because before back in 2010, it was not a full day for people.
00:08 >> Correct.
00:09 >> It was kind of, yeah, organize our draft board.
00:10 >> Yeah, we entertained conversations for 24 hours and
00:14 we evaluated the offers that we had.
00:17 But at the end of the day, we felt really good about Joey Porter Jr.
00:21 And I felt the best thing for us was to take Joey at that pick.
00:25 >> Do you feel like that pick has increased in value over the years?
00:28 Because the word is- >> I mean,
00:30 I don't know if it's increased in value.
00:31 It's just they have that window, 24 hours to entertain conversations about it.
00:36 And I think that goes for all those early picks in that round.
00:40 I think the same thing happens maybe in the beginning of the fourth round too.
00:43 Every team always has some players that you're staring at right on the board and
00:48 you're like, man, he's still there.
00:50 How can I go get him?