Mike Tomlin is now the senior NFL head coach with Bill Belichick and New England parting ways. Pundits speculated about Tomlin’s future as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers before the season ended. The Steelers ended up making their 11th playoff appearance since 2007. Unfortunately, Pittsburgh lost their fifth consecutive playoff game to the Buffalo Bills. The Steelers last playoff win an 18-16 victory at Kansas City in the 2016 Divisional Round.
A segment of Steelers Nation is frustrated that Mike Tomlin’s record of no losing seasons over 17 years (the Steelers streak of non-losing seasons goes back to 2003, the year before Pittsburgh drafted Ben Roethlisberger) is an indicator of mediocrity.