The Pittsburgh Steelers recorded a massive divisional victory in Week 14 over the Baltimore Ravens, which helped cool tensions in Steel City—at least temporarily—surrounding longtime head coach Mike Tomlin.
Tomlin was hired in January 2007 and has never finished a season below .500. However, despite that consistency, he has captured just one Lombardi Trophy, and the Steelers have not won a playoff game since the 2016 season.
That lack of postseason success has led to growing frustration among a portion of the fan base, which holds the organization to championship-level expectations.
Following the team’s Week 13 home loss to the Buffalo Bills, some Steelers fans were heard chanting for Tomlin to be fired. Those chants were addressed more than a week later by Steelers star cornerback Jalen Ramsey, who didn’t hold back his thoughts.
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“This is only my first year here, so I can’t really speak on things that have gone on in the past here. It’s tough,” Ramsey said. “I’m in my 10th year in the league. I’ve maybe only had playoff wins twice. It’s tough. It’s the NFL. Any type of success you can get, you cling onto it.
“Me, personally, I thought the chants were [expletive]. It’s comical in my mind. That’s all I’ll say about that.”
Pittsburgh is currently 7–6 overall but sits in first place in the AFC North heading into Monday night’s matchup against the Miami Dolphins (6–7).
One of the biggest issues with hovering around .500 year after year and routinely being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs—something that has largely defined the Steelers under Tomlin over the past decade—is that the team remains good enough to avoid top draft picks, yet not strong enough to be a true Super Bowl contender. They’ve lived in that uncomfortable middle ground, which has made it difficult to address certain positions, most notably quarterback, since Ben Roethlisberger’s retirement.
Since Roethlisberger hung up his cleats, the Steelers have seemingly cycled through a handful of starting quarterbacks.They’ve gone through Mason Rudolph, Kenny Pickett, Mitchell Trubisky, Russell Wilson, Justin Fields, and now Aaron Rodgers. None of which have been long-term solutions.
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