Not only did Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers provide Brian Flores with a soft landing, but it may be the catalyst to becoming a head coach again, according to a CBS feature piece on Flores’ chances of returning to the ranks of the league’s 32 head coaches. While that future is uncertain, his year with Pittsburgh showed him what the standard looks like.
“Spending a year with Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh allowed him the opportunity to view everything firsthand from a very successful head coach who is a lot like him from a personality and background standpoint,” a source told CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones.