For the past few seasons, it’s felt like the Pittsburgh Steelers are running in place. They’ve largely remained the same team, despite making changes at multiple spots. They manage to finish with a non-losing record, finding themselves in the playoffs, only to lose in the first round. Usually, those losses aren’t pretty. A big reason for that has been their inability to field even an average offense. It’s held them back. ESPN analyst Michelle Smallmon believes that Mike Tomlin deserves some blame for that, even if he’s one of the best coaches in the NFL.
“In any other circumstance, in any other organization, the head coach would wear this more,” Smallmon said Friday on ESPN’s Unsportsmanlike.