In the moment, it looked like a questionable – at best – decision.
Afterwards, it looked like a brilliant one.
In the end, unfortunately, it didn’t much matter.
Mike Tomlin bucked conventional wisdom by electing to kick off at the beginning on Sunday’s overtime loss to the Baltimore Ravens. After the game, he explained the decision in very matter-of-fact terms.
“Man, did you see our kickoff return team this game?” Tomlin said in his post game presser. “Did you see their kickoff team? Every time they put the ball on about the two yard line and Tucker hung the ball in about 4.