Is Mike Tomlin Over Rated or Under Rated... Something To Truly Think About Steelers Fans...
I know alot of Steelers Fans are saying Fire Mike Tomlin & they are entitled to their wrong opinions.
Steelers fans truly have it good.
20 years of no losing seasons has fans incl myself feel entitled.
You go look over those 20 years at other teams, and look at Browns, Jets, Panthers, Giants, Cardinals, etc ...
Winning in NFL is HARD & yet in 20 yrs he has never had a losing season.
So the ? I have is this...
If Tomlin didn't coach this team, would the Steelers even be .500.... or would they be 2-15...
Believe in one self is a powerful thing...
Getting a collective to Believe & Buy In when grown men put $ before team success often is a tough business...
Im worried though bc in 20 years I never seen Steelers QUIT like they did vs Buffalo.
But more I look at this roster, the gaping wholes are evident ...
If another coach was coaching team could be 2-15.
And you constantly here Tomlin is a players coach & is a motivator...
I think lately he has been prob playing too much GM...
Ppl forget how great Steelers GM was b4 he retired. He handed Tomlin a great team.
I think Coach T remembers playing against Slay, Rodgers, & Ramsey from years ago in their primes pre 30, and thinks thats what he is going to get...
But Pittsburgh never wasted bad $ in Free Agency!
Its not the Steelers way...
Pittsburgh builds through the draft & UDFA.... Develops young players into Their system...
I think of James Harrison...
Every1 wanted Pittsburgh take a QB but they been building the trenches the past few drafts and need to continue to do that.
Dont reach on a QB bc draft in Pittsburgh...
And tbh Rodgers is washed & we know Rudolph a backup.
Skylar Thompson looked great in preseason & Will Howard is off a Natl Championship.
Go watch osu tape and throws he made in playoff run.
He also can scramble, hes big athlete.
Reminds me of Payton Manning with more athleticism...
I guarantee he can make all throws Rodgers is making atm.
Truth is hes afraid to get hit. He throws ball fast and he dont give WRs time to run rts...
He playing scared bc when he gets hit it physically hurts. Im 42 and I hurt getting out of bed in am...
Tomlin will need to pull Rodgers...
Against Bears, Rudolph dink.. n dunk like rodgers... has done all year...
Skylar Thompson has started NFL gms , give him a look. Give Will Howard a look.
Something to give Steelers fans something to cheer about!
Even if we lose so be it...
But Mike Tomlin is prob under rated as a coach if u truly look at this roster...
Personally I use to think majority of black players say he is a players coach bc he is black. If he was white would he be as loved?
Idk 🤷♂️?
Tough question...
White, Black, green or yellow
The man can coach & has never had a losing record...
The team cant quit on him though & either can the fans. And vs Buffalo the team quit in 2nd half.
Vs Baltimore, if Rodgers is inept we will see if he pulls him...
Personally I think Skylar Thompson & Will Howard should get a chance...
But that is highly unlikely...
I think Mr Rooney going forward needs to make sure Khan is making draft choices & that they stop chasing old FA w bad deals.
Get back to building thru draft
If Giants offer a 1st rd pick for Tomlin I think change of scenery could be good.
I dont think Tomlin will be traded though and I would expect coordinators to be gone.
At least Def Coordinator Austin..
Truth is this team couldn't stop run vs Bal last year.
And now Buffalo did same thing.. run all over us...
I suspect I know what Ravens will do Sunday...
And I think we need to know who moved GP...
Bc if Tomlin is a players coach, to call out star wr immature is a bad move..
Then 1 gm GP dressed but got no snaps. Literally had wr 2 get more snaps in a must win gm.
Then natl media said Pitts dont wanna pay gp n limiting touches...
Gp put up #s and if Tomlin was a players coach, that be 1 player you make things right with .
I think ego got in way... its why Pits traded n over paid for DK bc publicly they said they was gonna have dk n gp w arod...
But they NEVER EVEN TRIED...
In a contract year gp would be on best behavior & they didn't even try!
To trade GP for only a 3rd was criminal.
I doubt highly khan made that move..
That was all Tomlin imo from the drama last year...
And then i see GP 8 cat.168 yds td 4 cat 144yds td 9 cat 148yds td.
Gp has more rec yds than all of pitt combined...
Tomlin ego got in way on that and he wasn't a players coach...
So if that is the case, its obvious that Rooney needs to keep Tomlin in his lane w coaching and not playing GM.
Bc khans & Tomlins moves in FA & trades been utter disaster so far.
Remember Steelers had a hof GM in Kevin Colbert for 22 years!
He made the calls and was in.charge...
He built thru draft, rarely traded up...
Built w udfa... too...
Then Tomlin has been.there 20 yrs & Omar Khan takes over & who u think has the power?
Khan knows what he doing bc he building trenches 1st.
The GP trade will go down as worst Steelers trade ever..
Traded Randy Moss age 24 in his prime bc he wanted the ball!
Gp best catch radius in gm & if u think Steelers off aint entirely different w gp on 1 side & dk on other.
That means 2 high safety...
Opens up run gm...
Pa deep gm..
W just dk they just 2x dk bc Calvin Austin aint winning 50 50 jump balls.
A Rodgers could just throw it up in gp area n he gonna get 9 out of 10 before cb...
They just were completely arrogant
Sickest... part... pitts would have got back a 3rd comp pick.. regardless bc gp getting big $
They could waited moved at deadline, who knows maybe pitts be 9-2 and Rodgers in mvp form and run gm not smothered.
Tomlin should have not let ego get in his way...
But it is what it is...
Posted Dec 3, 2025, 1:53 AM UTC