It’s true the players make the plays. And the Pittsburgh Steelers’ unit didn’t make enough of them in Thursday night’s loss to the Cleveland Browns. But the coaching decisions of Mike Tomlin was an anchor that only weighed the team down. For beat writer Ray Fittipaldo, it was a true top-down loss with Tomlin being the face of the team’s issues.
“I think hands down it, it was the coaching,” Fittipaldo told 93.7 The Fan’s Donny Chedrick on the Joe Starkey Show Friday morning. “And I’m sure we’re gonna get into some of the personnel decisions and some of those fourth down calls, but I thought overall Mike Tomlin showed the Browns a lack of respect early in that game.