You can take the head coach out of the Steel City, but you can't take the Steel City out of the head coach. Mike Tomlin stepped away from the Pittsburgh Steelers this past offseason, but that hasn't stopped the future Hall of Famer from sharing his keys for the team's Week 10 matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Speaking with NBC Sports' Cris Collinsworth and Noah Eagle, Tomlin made it clear that the Steelers-Bengals Week 10 matchup on Sunday Night Football will come down to one huge key: a four-man pass rush from Pittsburgh versus Cincinnati's offensive line.
"It's good on good — it's Joe Burrow and that Cincinnati Bengal passing game versus T.J. Watt and the four-man rush of the Steelers," Tomlin said about the keys for Week 10. "And that's
what it is. You can't rush five against Joe Burrow and company, man. He'll pick you apart. It thins you out too much on the back end. They're going to deploy seven people to minimize those receivers and try to keep the ball in front of them.
"And it's going to be about four on five in terms of T.J. and company versus the offensive line or the protection of Joe Burrow. That's been the texture of this series for a long time because of the significant players on both sides. And that's what I think we're going to see on Sunday night. Bring your popcorn and get your cameras ready."
Since 2016, the Steelers have defeated the Bengals 15 times out of the past 21 meetings, an astonishing 71.43% win percentage. A win over Cincinnati in Week 10 would give Pittsburgh a divisional sweep over their AFC North rivals.
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