Coach Tomlin has come out repeatedly and made known he likes continuity in his unit. That got shook up last week when the Steelers did not renew the contract of Bruce Arians. Art Rooney II was ready for a change and made the decision. Even after Tomlin came out and said he wanted Arians back in 2012. Tomlin lost the first round of this fight. Who will win Round 2?
Rooney is the big boss and he was ready for a change. He wants the more “blue collar” type of offense that the Steelers used to have. He has been calling for it for years. It is starting to come to a head with the removal of Arians. Even though it was an unpopular decision with his coach and his quarterback.
To do this Rooney is most likely going to have to look outside the organization to find his candidate. There are blue collar run the ball guys out in the league ready to go. If he wants to go that old school he could bring in Tom Cable who is the offensive line coach right now for Seattle. Todd Haley runs t...
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