In one moment, Mike Tomlin was the Pittsburgh Steelers’ long-time head coach. In the next, he was moving on. During a 2 PM/EST Tuesday meeting, Tomlin stepped down as the franchise’s coach of the past 19 years. In the hours since, select players have shared details from behind those closed doors. That includes tight end Jonnu Smith.
“It was a very tough moment, man,” Smith told ESPN’s Freddie Coleman and Harry Douglas during a Tuesday interview. “And to see a guy who was so quintessential to this entire city, this organization, this entire football program in Pittsburgh.