For former NFL linebacker Channing Crowder and his 30,000-foot view of Pittsburgh Steelers QB Russell Wilson’s resurgence, the difference is simple. Coaching. Not just in scheme but personality. Mike Tomlin’s ability to embrace and lead versus Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton’s demands. Crowder didn’t hold back his thoughts on Wilson’s success during the latest episode of The Pivot podcast.
“A people’s person, a person that values human beings,” Crowder said of Tomlin to co-hosts Ryan Clark and Fred Taylor. “And I think that’s why Russ is thriving now, because now he’s with another person that enjoys people and has humanity to him.