The old saying is the head coach and quarterback get too much credit when things are good and too much blame when things are bad. ESPN analyst Kimberly A. Martin thinks Mike Tomlin will be shielded from criticism even if the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2025 season goes down the tubes. Instead, the finger will point at Omar Khan.
“If Aaron Rodgers decides not to come or he does come and they suck or whatever,” Martin said on ESPN’s Get Up Thursday morning. “To me, you would look at the GM.”
Khan took over as Kevin Colbert’s successor in May 2022, an internal promotion after the organization interviewed a long list of names.