The gameplan to beating the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles this weekend might not be easy. But it’s pretty simple. Take care of the football. Mask splash plays. Upsetting the heavily-favored Eagles requires a similar script as the Pittsburgh Steelers executed to knock off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and a point Mike Tomlin made during this week’s The Mike Tomlin Show earlier today.
“First we take care of the ball,” Tomlin told host Bob Pompeani. “I think it starts there. We had a similar mindset heading into Tampa…it became a field position game. We had a goods kickoff return in that game, a quality punt return in the game.