It feels somewhat unfair to be harsh toward a coaching staff that’s had nothing but winning seasons longer than some Pittsburgh Steelers fans have been alive. Yet, that’s the conundrum we find ourselves in when evaluating Mike Tomlin, and the rest of his coaching staff. Good enough to contend for the playoffs, but not competitive enough once they get there.
That’s a sentiment CBS Sports’ Mike Renner seems to share. On the Pushing The Pile podcast on Wednesday, Renner ranked each NFL coaching staff in a tier list. He put the Steelers’ staff in the third-best tier, named “unspectacularly solid tier.