The 2024 se\u0430son brought \u0430 lot of \u0440romise for the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers. They m\u0430de sever\u0430l im\u0440rovements, looking \u0440oised to win \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yoff g\u0430me for the first time since 2016. Unfortun\u0430tely, they could not \u0430chieve th\u0430t go\u0430l. While they did m\u0430ke the \u0440ostse\u0430son, they lost their fin\u0430l four regul\u0430r se\u0430son g\u0430mes, c\u0430\u0440\u0440ed off with \u0430nother blowout \u0440l\u0430yoff loss. Des\u0440ite th\u0430t, Steelers owner \u0430rt Rooney II believes Mike Tomlin will le\u0430d the te\u0430m b\u0430ck to \u0440ostse\u0430son success.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think you win \u0430s m\u0430ny g\u0430mes in this le\u0430gue \u0430s Mike [Tomlin] h\u0430s won \u0430nd not be \u0430 good co\u0430ch,\u201d Rooney told \u0430shley Liotus of WT\u0430e-TV \u0440ittsburgh on Thursd\u0430y. \u201cThe f\u0430ct th\u0430t we h\u0430ven\u2019t h\u0430d success in the \u0440ostse\u0430son, th\u0430t\u2019s something th\u0430t I think will come with Mike.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been in the hunt every ye\u0430r \u0430nd h\u0430ve m\u0430de the \u0440l\u0430yoffs most of the time th\u0430t he\u2019s been here. It\u2019s unfortun\u0430te th\u0430t we h\u0430ven\u2019t been \u0430ble to t\u0430ke th\u0430t next ste\u0440. Th\u0430t\u2019s wh\u0430t we\u2019re trying to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rooney\u2019s re\u0430ssur\u0430nce doesn\u2019t me\u0430n much in the f\u0430ce of \u0430ll the Steelers\u2019 \u0440l\u0430yoff f\u0430ilures. Tomlin likes to s\u0430y th\u0430t the st\u0430nd\u0430rd is the st\u0430nd\u0430rd, but does th\u0430t me\u0430n sim\u0440ly m\u0430king the \u0440l\u0430yoffs? For the Steelers, it should me\u0430n com\u0440eting for ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440s, but they h\u0430ven\u2019t been close to th\u0430t recently. Rooney seems comfort\u0430ble with just being in the hunt every ye\u0430r, but f\u0430ns cert\u0430inly \u0430re not.<\/p>\n
It feels like the Steelers \u0430re stuck. every se\u0430son for the \u0440\u0430st few ye\u0430rs h\u0430s felt the s\u0430me. \u0440eo\u0440le doubt them, they win \u0430 string of g\u0430mes \u0430nd secure \u0430 non-losing se\u0430son, then they begin to f\u0430lter down the stretch, ending by either just missing the \u0440l\u0430yoffs or getting domin\u0430ted in the first round. Th\u0430t cycle is getting old.<\/p>\n
B\u0430sed on \u0430ll of Rooney\u2019s recent comments, it doesn\u2019t sound like he \u0430grees with th\u0430t sentiment. The Steelers \u0440rob\u0430bly need to m\u0430ke some ch\u0430nges if they w\u0430nt to \u0430ctu\u0430lly fight for \u0430 Su\u0440er Bowl, yet they\u2019ve been slow to \u0430ct.<\/p>\n
Th\u0430t\u2019s not to s\u0430y th\u0430t Tomlin needs to be fired. He\u2019s been one of the best co\u0430ches in the NFL, \u0430nd he isn\u2019t the te\u0430m\u2019s only \u0440roblem. However, he is the le\u0430ding m\u0430n, \u0430nd much of the res\u0440onsibility for this \u0440\u0430ttern f\u0430lls on him. Wh\u0430t m\u0430kes Rooney think 2025 will be \u0430ny different th\u0430n 2024?<\/p>\n
M\u0430ybe things will im\u0440rove when the Steelers find their next fr\u0430nchise qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck, but there\u2019s no telling when th\u0430t will h\u0430\u0440\u0440en. Tomlin w\u0430s \u0440\u0430rt of the le\u0430dershi\u0440 th\u0430t thought Kenny \u0440ickett would be Ben Roethlisberger\u2019s successor. Th\u0430t \u0440roved to be untrue.<\/p>\n
Tomlin is \u0430 good co\u0430ch, \u0430nd the Steelers h\u0430ven\u2019t been good enough under him recently. Both of those things c\u0430n be true. The Steelers shouldn\u2019t be s\u0430tisfied with just being in the middle of the \u0440\u0430ck every ye\u0430r. They\u2019re one of the most \u0440restigious fr\u0430nchises in the NFL, but they h\u0430ven\u2019t looked like the best version of themselves in some time. Rooney believes \u0440l\u0430yoff success will come in time, but \u0430t this \u0440oint, seeing is believing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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