This is spoken like a true head coach. Those three little words. Trust the tape.
That’s the phrase we throw around a lot but for Mike Tomlin, it’s one he greatly values. Though this is a league becoming more accepting of analytics, to him, video still has final say.
“I don’t think there’s any substitute for looking at the video,” Tomlin told reporters at the Pittsburgh Steelers’ pre-draft press conference. “The video tells you a lot, often explains a lot. It explains the presence of stats or a lack of stats. The schematics of what they’re asked to do.