Mike Tomlin is in the midst of perhaps the most difficult challenge that he has ever faced in his professional career as a head coach. He has started a season 0-3 before—the last time did not go well—but never in the context of the prospect of facing the rest of the year without his starting quarterback.
The good news is, he has a group in the locker room full of players who, in words, if not in deed, don’t need a whole lot of prodding to understand what is at stake and to want to do everything in their power to right the ship.