After a one-and-done 2020 season and years removed from their last playoff victory, Mike Tomlin has taken a fall in offseason head coach rankings. But not Sports Illustrated’s. Author Connor Orr still has Tomlin in a top spot and in what’s probably a minority opinion, believes Tomlin is trending in the right direction.
He named Tomlin the third best head coach in the NFL, only trailing Bill Belichick and Andy Reid. He also assigned a number 1-10 of the strength of each head coach’s staffs, giving Tomlin and the Steelers a score of seven.