Mike Tomlin often says the Pittsburgh Steelers don’t live in their fears, but one former GM suggests their current state of purgatory can be boiled down to just that—fear.
“The thinking should be let’s build a championship competing team, a team that can consistently compete for championships,” Doug Whaley said Wednesday via 93.7 The Fan’s Morning Show. “Here’s the biggest issue, the Rooneys and Mike Tomlin fear taking a step back to take three steps forward. That’s it. It comes down to they don’t want to have a losing season.
“That moniker that they like to live up to is impeding them to be able to say, ‘Let’s start building for a championship.