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McAfee: Hard Knocks Could Be Steelers’ Recruiting Tool For Free Agents

Mike Tomlin is already known as the head coach many NFL players wish they could play for. His ability to connect, his overall success, the transparency he’s known for with his team. For those who haven’t been in that building, they got a glimpse of what Tomlin is like throughout the week. The star of last night’s Hard Knocks episode, Pat McAfee thinks that publicity and buzz can become an effective recruiting tool for Tomlin and the Steelers.

“If you’re a free agent, you’re watching that,” McAfee said during the Wednesday episode of his show. “And it’s like, ‘Pittsburgh would be a cool place.