Steelers GM opens up about Brian Flores hire amid coach's lawsuit

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Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert was asked about the decision to hire former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores and put him on Mike Tomlin’s coaching staff.

Colbert talked to reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine. The team hired Flores as a senior defensive assistant/linebackers coach amid his lawsuit against the NFL and three teams alleging discrimination in hiring practices.

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Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert answers questions from the media during the NFL Scouting Combine on March 1, 2022, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. (Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"Coach Tomlin came to me and said, ‘I think I’m going to add coach Flores.’ I said, ‘That would be awesome.' Brian Flores is a successful NFL head coach and defensive coordinator, and I was excited to have him," Colbert said. "As I mentioned to coach Flores when he first came into the office, I really like his background because he started out in the personnel world so some of the experiences and beliefs that he has from personnel and coaching can only help us."

Colbert expanded on the decision in an interview on "PFT Live."

"Honestly, it’s about what Brian Flores can do for us from this point forward," Colbert said. "Everything else, that has nothing to do with the Pittsburgh Steelers. You mention the NFL, so on and so forth, but in our minds, Brian’s coming in, he’s got a fresh start with us, and again, I’m sure he can help us as an organization."

Dolphins head coach Brian Flores talks to the media before practice at Baptist Health Training Complex in Hard Rock