Mike Tomlin Under Fire After Steelers Meltdown

PITTSBURGH — The symphony of calls for Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin’s job is reaching a crescendo after the team lost their second straight contest. This time at the hands of the Green Bay Packers, the team allowed more than 30 points for a second consecutive game and the fourth time this season.

The loss has many calling for Tomlin’s removal or debating whether or not that is the right move for the Steelers organization. Across the NFL landscape, Tomlin has been getting torched by insiders and analysts after their latest meltdown.

Former Front Office Member Has Had Enough

Former Steelers front office executive and NFL general manager Doug Whaley had clearly had enough of the losing ways and of the team’s head coach after their loss to Green Bay. Speaking after the game on WPXI’s Black & Gold Zone post-game show, he lambasted Tomlin for failing to get this team playing up to their potential.

”Teams take the characteristics of their head coaches, and if you listen to Tomlin, he’s a great orator. He’s got great one liners,” Whaley stated. “When you look at this team on paper, you have a Hall of Famer at quarterback, you have two Hall of Famers on the defensive line, possible Hall of Famer in (cornerback Jalen) Ramsey. You’ve got some young talent. But guess what they don’t have? Substance. Just like Mike Tomlin’s press conferences.”

Whaley went on to question if the roster is even buying in to Tomlin and his staff at this point.

“When you start thinking about it that way and you start hearing buy-in, my question is: are those guys in the locker room buying into what the coaching staff is putting out there and trying to have them pick up,” he said.