PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers fans who make a sport of ripping Mike Tomlin for their team's woes should at least consider this list of coaches:
Mike Ditka, Tony Dungy, Joe Gibbs, John Madden, Mike McCarthy, George Seifert, Don Shula.
Those are the only coaches in NFL history to win 100 games in their first 10 seasons as a head coach. Mike Tomlin has four games to go from 99 to 100, starting with the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
Since Tomlin joined the franchise in 2007, the Steelers' 99-57 regular-season record is the third best league wide, behind the New England Patriots' 122-34 record and the Green Bay Packers' 102-53-1 clip.