It was Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk who about a year and a half ago reported that some members of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ ownership group were unhappy with Head Coach Mike Tomlin, and following a frustrating playoff exit amid a season of controversy, wanted to see him fired after 11 seasons.
It’s safe to say that Tomlin was not, in fact, fired following the 2017 season, and even after a 9-6-1 record that was not good enough for Pittsburgh to return to the postseason in 2018, the team elected to give him a contract extension of one year, with an additional team option that ties him to the team through the 2022 season.