So many people wrote off the Pittsburgh Steelers before a regular season snap was played. And to be fair, this happens every year. It’s a cycle at this point. Everyone projects the Steelers to lose more games than they win and miss the playoffs, the Steelers win at least nine games, “Wow, Mike Tomlin does it again,” and then the cycle repeats the following year.
And while I’ve been as loud of a critic of Tomlin as anyone over the last handful of years, it can’t be denied how impressive he has been in 2024. And not just when it comes to winning games - this dates all the way back to his end-of-season press conference where he acknowledged that changes needed to be made to win games and a good number of people (myself included) rolled their eyes and took it as lip service.