PITTSBURGH -- To Mike Tomlin, the Pittsburgh Steelers aren't stuck.
To be stuck, he said Tuesday, would insinuate the organization is helpless, and he doesn't feel that.
So does that mean he's optimistic about the direction of the team after a fifth consecutive one-and-done postseason foray?
Not quite.
"I don't know that I'm ready to be overly optimistic or sell optimism to you, either," Tomlin said. "I'm just acknowledging what transpired and what has to happen and what is beginning to happen. And acknowledging the complexity and the amount of work that's ahead of us.