Former Pittsburgh Steelers C Maurkice Pouncey re-entered the conversation on Thursday when his name was invoked by head coach Mike Tomlin. The context was an expression of regret over having never enabled him to turn a Super Bowl title.
While they advanced to the championship game in Pouncey’s rookie season of 2010, an ankle injury kept him sidelined for the contest, and the Steelers lost. The closest they ever came to returning was an appearance in the conference finals in 2016. He retired following the 2020 season.
Just about any coach with a career of any length short of Bill Belichick is bound to have a list of names like this, of course.