Add DeShon Elliott to the long list of players who praise Mike Tomlin as their favorite head coach. The former Baltimore Ravens safety is in his first season with the Pittsburgh Steelers, but that’s all it took to win him over. And it didn’t take much, because there’s one key way he and other players value in which Tomlin differs.
“He’s always been transparent with me since being here”, Elliott said of Tomlin, via the Steelers’ website. “He’s the only coach I’ve had in the NFL who’s like that. That’s why he’s my favorite head coach.