NFL GDT: 2024 AFC Wild Card Round: (3) Baltimore Ravens vs (6) Pittsburgh Steelers

[John Price]

I'm not 100% but it might be a bit late for that

just re-sign him and commit to him

they waffled between qb's all year

 

[Unholy Diver]

just re-sign him and commit to him

they waffled between qb's all year

He sucks, time to move on from all of them

 

[MMC]

Mike Tomlin is by far the most overrated fraud in the league. When’s the last time he accomplished anything?

 

[EpochLink]

Mike Tomlin is by far the most overrated fraud in the league. When’s the last time he accomplished anything?

18 years of a .500 record! Went to a Super Bowl in his second year which they won, went to another 2 years after. But it's been a bag of mixed results since then.

Also, blowing huge playoff games like the Jacksonville game in the 2017 Divisional one.

 

[MMC]

18 years of a .500 record! Went to a Super Bowl in his second year which they won, went to another 2 years after. But it's been a bag of mixed results since then.

Also, blowing huge playoff games like the Jacksonville game in the 2017 Divisional one.

No one cares about regular season performances and his Super Bowl win was 15 years ago

 

[TheGreenTBer]

No one cares about regular season performances and his Super Bowl win was 15 years ago

The Steelers ownership clearly DOES care about the regular season though, for better or worse.

 

[EpochLink]

No one cares about regular season performances and his Super Bowl win was 15 years ago

But Steelers fans care about yinzerisms like 'The Standard is the Standard' and 'We will not bow down into our fears' or the classic 'We will look at the tape and forget about it tomorrow'.

 

[Unholy Diver]

But Steelers fans care about yinzerisms like 'The Standard is the Standard' and 'We will not bow down into our fears' or the classic 'We will look at the tape and forget about it tomorrow'.

no, many have been ready to run him out of town for years, and more will join that sentiment after todays results

 

[EpochLink]

no, many have been ready to run him out of town for years, and more will join that sentiment after todays results

The last good Steelers team was probably 2017, they absolutely choked that chance away because Tomlin was hell bent on beating New England when he should've been taking care of Jacksonville.

Feel like he's been hanging by a thread since, he's had good seasons but the stupid ZOMG .500 SEASONS thing keeps on being overshadowed by his terrible playoff resume after 2010.

 

[Karterthadon]

At the same time, dude coaches in a division with Lamar and Burrow and he made the playoffs with a beyond washed Russell Wilson. Where is Burrow at the moment?

 

[Unholy Diver]

The last good Steelers team was probably 2017, they absolutely choked that chance away because Tomlin was hell bent on beating New England when he should've been taking care of Jacksonville.

Feel like he's been hanging by a thread since, he's had good seasons but the stupid ZOMG .500 SEASONS thing keeps on being overshadowed by his terrible playoff resume after 2010.

Continuity is a good thing but at some point something has to give, sure the QB situation has been poor for a few years, but I have to think he had a lot of input on the way they handled it, so it had to be at least somewhat of his own making

 

[EpochLink]

At the same time, dude coaches in a division with Lamar and Burrow and he made the playoffs with a beyond washed Russell Wilson. Where is Burrow at the moment?

Burrow is sending some beers to Tomlin to watch some playoffs at home.

Everyone including Stevie Wonder knew the Bengals defense was absolute ass, it wasn't Joe Burrow's fault the Bengals didn't make it, he did his part. That defense was absolutely terrible.

 

[Peat]

Burrow is sending some beers to Tomlin to watch some playoffs at home.

Everyone including Stevie Wonder knew the Bengals defense was absolute ass, it wasn't Joe Burrow's fault the Bengals didn't make it, he did his part. That defense was absolutely terrible.

And the Bengals reacted by firing a large part of their blockage like a sensible team.

The Steelers should be considering sweeping changes themselves.

 

[EpochLink]

And the Bengals reacted by firing a large part of their blockage like a sensible team.

The Steelers should be considering sweeping changes themselves.

Bengals fired their DC the day after the season ended, it was time.
Steelers are sorta in a hole with Tomlin, there are some players on defense who are bound for the HOF later and they are running on fumes.

 

[Peat]

Bengals fired their DC the day after the season ended, it was time.
Steelers are sorta in a hole with Tomlin, there are some players on defense who are bound for the HOF later and they are running on fumes.

It's a damned if they do, damned if they don't situation, but I feel like the longer they wait, the harder the fall will be. Still, I imagine Tomlin gets all of this contract, so I shall shrug and resign myself to it. It's quite a good comedy if you can divorce yourself of emotional attachment from it.

 

[GKJ]

Should get a committee like we have in college football. One that would put the Bengals in the playoffs and give us a good game at least

 

[Troy McClure]

Mike Tomlin is by far the most overrated fraud in the league. When’s the last time he accomplished anything?

When is the last time he had a good QB?

 

[Terry Yake]

i feel like tomlin/steelers underachieved when they had the core of ben/bell/brown and have overachieved in the last few seasons with far less pieces

still won't ever understand why any steelers fan would want tomlin gone though

 

[SirClintonPortis]

i feel like tomlin/steelers underachieved when they had the core of ben/bell/brown and have overachieved in the last few seasons with far less pieces

still won't ever understand why any steelers fan would want tomlin gone though

As long as TJ Watt and Cam Heyward are healthy, that evens the table...plus the Rooneys seem to be "string pullers" to an extent. So they can sneak in those typical 9 wins so Tomlin "never" has a losing season.

They were going to give Russ his final ride as a starter come hell or high water.

The last good Steelers team was probably 2017, they absolutely choked that chance away because Tomlin was hell bent on beating New England when he should've been taking care of Jacksonville.

Feel like he's been hanging by a thread since, he's had good seasons but the stupid ZOMG .500 SEASONS thing keeps on being overshadowed by his terrible playoff resume after 2010.

I'll be politically incorrect and say that they have vested interest in padding Tomlin's resume.

 

[Peat]

i feel like tomlin/steelers underachieved when they had the core of ben/bell/brown and have overachieved in the last few seasons with far less pieces

still won't ever understand why any steelers fan would want tomlin gone though

Because his extremely talent filled defences crumble when faced with serious opposition and his extremely conservative offences make it very difficult to develop the talent needed for the team to raise its ceiling again.

The best argument for him is he keeps working wonders with ugly looking rosters but I'd rather have a HC whose eye for talent and ability to put young players in the right spot can help improve the rosters than a guy who constantly scrapes by.

 

[Terry Yake]

Because his extremely talent filled defences crumble when faced with serious opposition and his extremely conservative offences make it very difficult to develop the talent needed for the team to raise its ceiling again.

The best argument for him is he keeps working wonders with ugly looking rosters but I'd rather have a HC whose eye for talent and ability to put young players in the right spot can help improve the rosters than a guy who constantly scrapes by.

he hasn't had a QB since ben retired. but i guess making the playoffs every season means you sacrifice high picks

still, i'd much rather make the playoffs every season where anything can happen rather than finish at the bottom and have to rely on your high draft picks panning out

 

[EpochLink]

As long as TJ Watt and Cam Heyward are healthy, that evens the table...plus the Rooneys seem to be "string pullers" to an extent. So they can sneak in those typical 9 wins so Tomlin "never" has a losing season.

They were going to give Russ his final ride as a starter come hell or high water.


I'll be politically incorrect and say that they have vested interest in padding Tomlin's resume.

How much can Tomlin ride that defense? The Steelers losing 5 straight to close the season was bad enough, defense was gassed. All that good fortune at the start of the season wore off quickly. Not only did the defense wear down, so did the offense.

We went from Chef Russ back to Cornball Russ, George Pickens can't catch anything his way plus starting fights in the stands with fans, the running game with 2 yards a carry Harris was lethargic.

 

[BB88]

I don’t understand medias love for Wilson this season and why they so determined to push the narrative of how Steelers have to sign him because he carried them into playoffs and you can win with him

If they stay the same the results next year will again be the same. Their peak is one and done team in the playoffs

No one cares about regular season performances and his Super Bowl win was 15 years ago

Media does

He can do nothing wrong because of it

 

[BB88]

he hasn't had a QB since ben retired. but i guess making the playoffs every season means you sacrifice high picks

still, i'd much rather make the playoffs every season where anything can happen rather than finish at the bottom and have to rely on your high draft picks panning out

& Tomlin has played no part in that, he has no say on the team, no say on how to develop QB’s?

Why does he always get the credit for the wins and excuses for the losses

Well they don’t have the QB, well they were the undersdogs.. well he’s the coach and has been for 18 years and under him they are always undersdogs

Maybe get a new voice in the room who realizes this model isn’t winning football

 

[GKJ]

i feel like tomlin/steelers underachieved when they had the core of ben/bell/brown and have overachieved in the last few seasons with far less pieces

still won't ever understand why any steelers fan would want tomlin gone though

That’s kinda how it’s happened. They haven’t been able to give him an offense, much less a quarterback. His receivers keep burning out. As a result, they get boatraced in the playoffs.