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Mike Tomlin Offers ‘Two Really Critical Reasons’ Mike Sullivan Is Handling Play-Calling Duties

For two and a half years, The Pittsburgh Steelers offense has been orchestrated through the lens of Matt Canada. While he is no longer on the job as offensive coordinator, they cannot gut his system wholesale in-season, so his presence will continue to be felt. But we will begin to see today to what degree.

Following his firing last week, today will mark the first game under Eddie Faulkner as interim offensive coordinator—and under Mike Sullivan as the play-caller. It’s uncommon for teams to split up those two roles, especially if the head coach isn’t occupying one of them, but head coach Mike Tomlin explained his reasoning to go with Sullivan on the Mike Tomlin Show yesterday.