Despite the calls for Mike Tomlin's job from Pittsburgh Steelers fans ringing out at Acrisure Stadium to close November, those same fans begin the new year forced to hope. No well-intentioned fan hopes to lose in the postseason, no matter how much they might expect it.
And why wouldn’t they expect just that? Tomlin hasn’t led the Steelers to a postseason victory since January 8, 2017, a date that looms large nine years later. If the Steelers are one-and-done again, the sixth time since the Steelers last won a playoff game, the calls from Steelers Nation for Art Rooney II to finally make the call that Tyler Loop’s missed field goal last week saved him from making will ring out somewhere again.