The Pittsburgh Steelers had a strong start to the season, but they have rapidly dropped this year.
Pittsburgh is in danger of finishing with a losing record for the first time in head coach Mike Tomlin’s 17-year stint with the Steelers, having dropped four of their last five games, including three straight losses.
x After getting off to a strong start this year, the Pittsburgh Steelers have rapidly deteriorated.
Pittsburgh is in danger of finishing with a losing record for the first time in head coach Mike Tomlin’s 17-year stint with the Steelers, having dropped four of their last five games, including three straight losses.
Tomlin’s position as the Steelers’ head coach is also seriously in doubt; one of his former players even suggested that the team part ways with him after this season.
Ryan Clark, a former safety for the Steelers, stated on ESPN’s “Get Up” on Friday morning that Tomlin ought to resign as the team’s coach and find employment elsewhere.
“Coach Tomlin ought to proceed from this now.
Ryan Clark on Mike Tomlin and the Steelers:
“And Coach Tomlin should now move on from Pittsburgh. And everyone should line up to hire him because the fricking man knows how to do it but he shouldn’t do it there anymore.
Tomlin won with Cowher’s team and coaches. That team had leaders on and off the field. Tomlin slowly changed that team to what he wanted. He has molded a team, both players and coaches, to what he wanted. And over the past 11 years he achieved his goal and got Mediocrity!
I say keep him one more year. Trade all the bad lazy players. Replace the entire staff on offense and defense with young exiting new coaches with no former ties to the Steelers and restart. Have him be the head coach and let his offensive and defensive coordinators take over.
No chance that Ryan Clark can give an unbiased opinion on this particular subject. He’s always going to defend his former coach and someone he has such a close and admirating relationship with.
Clark knows Tomlin well – he played seven seasons under Tomlin from 2007-2013, including Tomlin’s first year with the team.
So while Clark’s quote sounds like an indictment on Tomlin, he’s really just advocating for both sides to move in opposite directions so both could grow on their own.
Tomlin has had an incredible career in Pittsburgh, including a 62.9 win percentage, 17 playoff games, two Super Bowl appearances, and one Super Bowl championship.
But the team has declined over the past three seasons.
Things have only gotten worse this year as the Steelers’ 28th-ranked offense is at its worst since 2019
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