Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin didn’t wish to reply questions on his future with the group after the workforce’s wild-card playoff loss to the Buffalo Payments on Monday.
A reporter started her query with, “Mike, you may have a 12 months left in your contract –” The top coach seemed round after which stepped off the rostrum.
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Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers seems to be on throughout the first quarter in opposition to the Buffalo Payments at Highmark Stadium on January 15, 2024, in Orchard Park, New York. (Sarah Stier/Getty Photographs)
The tense second got here after the Payments defeated the Steelers, 31-17. Josh Allen had 203 passing yards, three landing passes, 74 dashing yards and a 52-yard dashing landing. The Steelers had a troublesome time tackling Payments gamers and sputtered on offense for essentially the most half.
Buffalo outgained Pittsburgh, 368-324, and prompted the Steelers to show the ball over twice.
Hypothesis rose about Tomlin’s standing with the group in the midst of the season because the Steelers started to wrestle. The workforce received its final three video games of the common season to sneak into the playoffs.
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Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin (Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs/File)
Pittsburgh confronted turmoil throughout the season, with points amongst huge receivers Diontae Johnson and George Pickens sparking up. The workforce additionally fired offensive coordinator Matt Canada throughout the season. Couple that with the workforce beginning three quarterbacks and the season will get immensely tougher.
Nonetheless, Pittsburgh managed to go 10-7 and end at or above the .500 mark for the twentieth consecutive 12 months.
Tomlin represents the profitable line of Steelers coaches all through the years. He received a Tremendous Bowl in his second 12 months after taking on for Invoice Cowher.
Cowher took over for Chuck Noll in 1992. Noll had been the coach since 1969 and received 4 Tremendous Bowls. No workforce has had the teaching success the Steelers have had.
Mike Tomlin talks to his gamers throughout the second quarter in opposition to the Cleveland Browns at Cleveland Browns Stadium on November 19, 2023. (Jason Miller/Getty Photographs)
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Tomlin is 173-100-2 in his profession as head coach.
