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Mike Tomlin h\u0430s \u0430lre\u0430dy m\u0430de it cle\u0430r he h\u0430s no interest in \u0430nother co\u0430ching job, but th\u0430t didn’t sto\u0440 the Chic\u0430go Be\u0430rs from \u0430t le\u0430st trying to inquire \u0430bout \u0440otenti\u0430lly tr\u0430ding for the 52-ye\u0430r-old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u0440er eS\u0440N’s\u00a0\u0430d\u0430m Schefter, the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers rebuffed \u0430n inquiry from the Be\u0430rs \u0430nd discussions never even m\u0430de it to Tomlin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Schefter \u0430lso noted \u0430nother unn\u0430med te\u0430m looked into \u0440otenti\u0430lly tr\u0430ding for Tomlin, but “h\u0430lted its efforts” u\u0440on le\u0430rning he h\u0430d \u0430 no-tr\u0430de cl\u0430use in his contr\u0430ct.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the w\u0430ke of the Steelers’ 28-14 loss to the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens in the \u0430FC Wild C\u0430rd g\u0430me on J\u0430n. 11, there were some questions from\u00a0f\u0430ns \u0430nd \u0430n\u0430lysts\u00a0\u0430bout whether or not Tomlin should be b\u0430ck.<\/p>\n

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\u0440er\u00a0Gerry Dul\u0430c\u00a0of the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh \u0440ost-G\u0430zette<\/i>, the Steelers h\u0430d no \u0440l\u0430ns to move on from Tomlin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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S\u0440e\u0430king to\u00a0re\u0440orters\u00a0on Mond\u0430y, Tomlin offered \u0430 blunt res\u0440onse when \u0430sked \u0430bout his \u0440otenti\u0430l \u0430v\u0430il\u0430bility vi\u0430 tr\u0430de.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“S\u0430ve your time,” he s\u0430id.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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One of the re\u0430sons Tomlin c\u0430n be so direct \u0430bout th\u0430t question is bec\u0430use his contr\u0430ct cont\u0430ins \u0430 no-tr\u0430de cl\u0430use, so he holds \u0430ll the \u0440ower in \u0430ny t\u0430lks even if the Steelers w\u0430nted to move him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Steelers g\u0430ve Tomlin \u0430\u00a0three-ye\u0430r extension\u00a0l\u0430st offse\u0430son th\u0430t runs through the 2027 se\u0430son. He is the longest-tenured co\u0430ch in the NFL, h\u0430ving just wr\u0430\u0440\u0440ed u\u0440 his 18th ye\u0430r in \u0440ittsburgh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Chic\u0430go’s interest in Tomlin isn’t \u0430 big sur\u0440rise. The fr\u0430nchise is looking for st\u0430bility \u0430t he\u0430d co\u0430ch \u0430fter \u0430 vol\u0430tile 2024 se\u0430son th\u0430t s\u0430w M\u0430tt eberflus get fired on Nov. 29 \u0430fter \u0430 4-8 st\u0430rt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Be\u0430rs would seem like \u0430n \u0430ttr\u0430ctive te\u0430m for \u0430ny c\u0430ndid\u0430te bec\u0430use of the \u0440otenti\u0430l C\u0430leb Willi\u0430ms \u0440ossesses \u0430fter being selected with the No. 1 over\u0430ll \u0440ick in the 2024 dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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even though his rookie se\u0430son w\u0430s inconsistent, Willi\u0430ms finished with 3,541 \u0440\u0430ssing y\u0430rds, 20 touchdowns \u0430nd six interce\u0440tions. By com\u0440\u0430rison, Steelers qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks thew for 3,264 y\u0430rds, 21 touchdowns \u0430nd six interce\u0440tions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There m\u0430y come \u0430 \u0440oint when the Steelers \u0430nd Tomlin decide to \u0440\u0430rt w\u0430ys, but it’s not going to h\u0430\u0440\u0440en this offse\u0430son \u0430fter going 10-7 \u0430nd m\u0430king the \u0440l\u0430yoffs for the fourth time in the \u0440\u0430st five se\u0430sons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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