Coach Mike Tomlin and Antonio Brown have had a productive relationship on the field. Off the field, they have sometimes had issues. Joe Sargent/Getty Images
“Obviously this is not our usual business.”
With that, Coach Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers opened a season-ending news conference on Wednesday in which he addressed his team’s late-season collapse and the drama surrounding the superstar receiver Antonio Brown, all the while struggling to mask his discomfort.
“Extremely disappointed,” Tomlin said in summation of the season. “I think that’s a succinct assessment of it. The fact that we’re actually standing in this room says it all.