Steelers HC Mike Tomlin earned his job as a defensive mind, but nearly two decades on, has he fallen behind? Doug Whaley, a former Steelers front office executive who worked with Tomlin, believes so. A regular guest on 93.7 The Fan, he discussed Tomlin in relation to Brian Flores, their next opponent’s defensive coordinator. Flores served as a senior defensive assistant under Tomlin in 2022, as well.
“It seems like he’s running the same stuff he ran once Dick LeBeau left”, Whaley said of Tomlin, referring to the Steelers’ long-time former defensive coordinator. “When you talk to a lot of the offensive players who played against them, ‘Oh, we knew what they were gonna do’.