For the first time in 20 years, the Pittsburgh Steelers will begin their season with someone other than Mike Tomlin as their head coach. The former longest-reigning head coach in all of major American sports resigned from the position in January following the Steelers’ 30-6 wild card loss to the Houston Texans, leading to the hire of Mike McCarthy.
In the months since, Tomlin has joined NBC Sports as an analyst and will be part of the Football Night in America broadcast team. He joined The Rich Eisen
Show on Thursday, and was asked if he believes the Steelers can win the Super Bowl in their first season without him.
“I certainly do,” Tomlin said. “I think that’s the only reason Aaron [Rodgers] comes back. He believes it, I believe it. I don’t think he comes back if he doesn’t believe that. I think they got the bones of having a good unit at all three phases. Certainly, they’re probably not being talked about in the ways that some others are being talked about, but that can be a good motivator and a catalyst for them as well. I think they got high expectations, and I think they should have high expectations.”
Tomlin will make his return to Pittsburgh when the Steelers host the Texans in Week 13 on Sunday Night Football.
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