PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin is not sure that the team needs to bottom out or ‘tank’ to land their next franchise quarterback. When asked about the notion, Tomlin brushed it off, citing examples from Lamar Jackson to Jalen Hurts.
The Steelers and Mike Tomlin face a huge decision ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft. Here are three options worth considering.
The Pittsburgh Steelers signed quarterback Skylar Thompson hours after Mike Tomlin told reporters again how important QB mobility is.
Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin addressed the media on Tuesday following Pittsburgh's playoff loss on Saturday to the Ravens, telling reporters that he has "no response" to outside talk about his job security.
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While the Steelers are consistently competitive under Tomlin, they haven’t won a playoff game since eight years ago, when they reached the AFC Championship game. They have struggled to find a successor to longtime quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, having moved on from 2022 first-round pick Kenny Pickett after just two years.
Is Tomlin holding the Steelers back? Is it the other way around? Could it be both? There's much more to this story than the obvious.
Mike Tomlin has lost six straight playoff games, all in blowouts, and the NFL's highest-paid defense flopped again in January. What now?
Through the first decade of the 2000s, Pittsburgh looked like a juggernaut, melding youthful exuberance with rugged experience to create a side capable of making deep runs in the playoffs. The Steelers won two Super Bowl titles, in 2005 and in 2008 (Tomlin's second year at the helm).
Pittsburgh finished the 2024 campaign with a 10-7 record before they suffered a 28-14 loss at the hands of their AFC North rivals, the Baltimore Ravens, in the wild card round last weekend. While the season was a success, the Steelers collapsed down the stretch, leading to the aforementioned questions about Tomlin's future.
Upsets this weekend by the Rams and Commanders could put the NFC title game in Los Angeles next weekend, after the NFL moved an opening-round playoff game to Arizona.