Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin Reportedly Has Full Control Over Roster Decisions

Just rewatched the BUF playoff (yea, I'm a glutton). Anyway, that Tomlin defense allowed a 10 play, 80 yd drive after the Steelers first possession. And it was the way they allowed plays to happen, with passes being barely contested. His defenses (and offenses as well) look so unprepared at the beginning of postseason games. That has to fall on the coach's shoulders.

 

Last season it was Mark Andrews who come up small...Yes Lamar had many struggle in his career in the playoffs but I will still not be surprise if they make or win the super bowl at some point

 

Pickett ran on his own he was not run off

Fields walked

Neither was run off

 

No and Andrews had also a fumble in the fourth quarter

 

The defense didn't give up 48 points the first play of the game was a fumble recovery for a TD by the Browns. The defense doesn't get any rest when the offense keeps turning the ball over, and the turnovers give their opponents a short field.

 

There is nothing to develop with Pickett he's not a starting NFL QB.

 

Source?

 

Kendrick Green, Artie Burns, Devin Bush, ‘Sac man’ Jones, Kenny…

Matt Canada, possibly? Probably?

all starting to make sense

 

My eyes

 

My mistake the defense only gave up 41 points, that's a lot better.

 

Will you???
When I say teams....I don't mean the history of the team....I'm talking about the team. Example: Steelers team with Kordell, and G. Lloyd, but not the Steelers team with Ben, and Troy. Two separate teams.

 

If you mean in each year of the NFL (est. 1920, first playoff game 1932), the number of teams that won a playoff game but did not win the Super Bowl that same year, through 2024, is in the thousands, yes.

 

I was going to say the last team was the Rams from a few years ago, but looking at the Eagles and their $390 million in Future Dead Cap Money, from Void-Year contracts; I would have to say the last team to blow up their future for a Superbowl win was the 2024 Eagles.

 

Parity is the plan for most sports leagues. (NBA/MLB excluded) Each and every NFL season carries it's own set of nuances. Each franchise is only a move or two from being a competitive team. If you just sit and try to run it back as is, you fall behind. The Steelers have continued to make moves to get better and stay relevant. When was the last time the Steelers were not in the playoff conversation?

 

The Eagles' strategy is centered on their use of option bonuses. Like a signing bonus, option bonuses can be prorated for five years. Unlike signing bonuses, which require a new contract (or extension/re-structure) to be refreshed, a contract can contain a new option bonus trigger in any given active (i.e., non-void) year of the deal.

This effectively allows a team to stretch out the length of the contract for accounting purposes, tempering the respective cap hits of multiple high-dollar players. The trick is to bring everything back down with a soft landing. While the player has to be on the team to trigger each new option, once they aren't, all void year dollars come due, and the best a team can do to mitigate the dead money is declare the player a post-June 1st release and pay the residual amount the following year.

That said, while it's a risk, it's not a given that Philly will be buried with dead money at some point. Like I said, a player has to still be with the team to trigger each new option, and Roseman has made a point of layering the options with younger players that are less likely to experience a sudden drop-off in performance.

Further, projecting the recent growth rate of the cap makes future dollars less of impact than they are now.

 

That is one playoff game I put squarely on Tomlin's shoulders being outcoached... by a HC that wasn't even there. How sad was that? Tomlin's specialty of defense was completely befuddled the entire game. Tomlin preaches 'sudden change' game play, but it didn't show up that day. Some of the other playoff losses I put mostly on the players but not this one.

 

They lost the turnover battle 5-0 it's not like the Browns had to drive the entire field to score.

 

The Browns had 390 yards on offense in this game.The steelers defense had 0 sack and 0 turnovers....The steelers offense was awful but the defense were not much better against the backup HC(and also playcaller on offense) for the browns

 

Where did I say the defense was good? I'm still waiting for Heyward, Watt, and Minkah to step up in the playoffs.

 

During the season, you can win through talent, but in the playoffs, it's important to have a much better scheme,strategy and better gameplan, otherwise it'll be too easy for your opponent. No matter how talented your team are on defense or offense, when you're too predictable and vanilla, you're easier to beat.

This has been my biggest complaint about the Steelers for several years. Under Tomlin the Steelers have often been a below average first quarter team in the regular season and they are a complete dumpster fire in the playoffs in the last 6 playoffs games since the opponent knows what is coming.

 

Well I guess outside of SF, Cincinnati, KC, Tampa, Rams and Philadelphia, all the other 26 other teams don't know how to scheme either. Since I haven't seen any of the others in a SB/last playoff game in a very long time.
Now here is where You will say....well they won a playoff game.....LoL.....so apparently they don't scheme well enough to win more, or enough.

 

The Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings agree with you.


I had also inquired about the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills and they also cosigned.