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New York Post
8 Dec 2023


NextImg:Pittsburgh radio hosts are done with Mike Tomlin coaching the Steelers

The Steelers made the wrong kind of history on Thursday night, and those at Pittsburgh’s 93.7 The Fan know whose head need to roll for it.

With the Steelers falling to the Patriots, 21-18, they became the first team over .500 to drop back-to-back games to teams at least eight games under .500 with their Week 13 loss to Arizona.

“Worst 2 game stretch of the Mike Tomlin era. Team gagged away a playoff spot,” Andrew Fillipponi, co-host of “The PM Show: wrote on X. “Just out of curiosity, how does a pro-(Mike) Tomlin Steelers fan defend him right now?”

Earlier in the week, Fillipponi advocated for the team to split with Tomlin, who has coached the Steelers for 17 seasons.

Thursday’s result did little to change that.

“Have a conversation,” he wrote. “Ask Tomlin what he wants to do. Tell him he’s not getting a contract extension. Let him interview with other teams. Then trade him there. Start over.”

The 51-year-old Tomlin has gone 170-99-2 with the Steelers and led them to the 2009 Super Bowl.

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin watches from the sidelines AP

However, the Steelers have not won a playoff game since 2016 when they lost to the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game.

Pittsburgh, starting backup quarterback Mitch Trubisky with incumbent Kenny Pickett sidelined by an ankle injury, fell behind 21-3 and the crowd at Acrisure Stadium began chanting for third-string quarterback Mason Rudolph.

“I have to play better,” Trubisky said. “I feel like I let the guys down. It’s disappointing. I didn’t play good enough to win.”

The latest loss dropped the Steelers to 7-6, from the fifth spot in the AFC all the way down to No. 8, making their path to the playoffs much more challenging.

“Obviously, this stings, but we’ll be back,” Tomlin said.

Steelers quarterback Mitch Trubisky (10) is tackled by New England Patriots linebacker Ja'Whaun Bentley.
Steelers quarterback Mitch Trubisky (10) is tackled by New England Patriots linebacker Ja’Whaun Bentley. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

If Fillipponi and how 93.7 The Fan cohorts have their way, the coach certainly won’t be.

“This is when Mike Tomlin’s finest work is gonna happen? Eat my soiled shorts. Finest work?” Dorin Dickerson, former NFL tight end and co-host of “The Fan Morning Show” said to open Friday’s broadcast. “The question is this… is it time to say goodbye, whether it’s firing or trading, Mike Tomlin?”

Dickerson noted that a hallmark of Tomlin’s Pittsburgh tenure is his team’s ability to bounce back following a loss.

“This time, he didn’t and not only did he not, you’re sitting there down 21-3 midway through the second quarter against a team that had scored 13 points in the last three games,” Dickerson said. “You got embarrassed in back-to-back weeks. That tells me his guys that used to buy in, he’s lost that now. And so what else is there? That was a must-win game against the dregs of the NFL society. He’s lost, in my opinion, this team, so he’s gots to go.”