As we all know, there was a time when Mike Tomlin’s historical consistency (“He’s never had a losing season!”) was seen as his ticket to Canton.
Now, after four straight “meh” seasons and three first-round playoff ejections, the mood seems to be, “He’s never had a losing season, but so what?”
Fair enough. The clear sticking point since Ben Roethlisberger’s salad days has been the quarterback position, and you can’t blame the team for trying to mitigate that damage in the short term with the possibility of Good Aaron Rodgers. Of course, that involves waiting for Rodgers’ Ivermectin/Ayahuasca cocktail to kick in to the point where he actually makes a decision about his NFL future.