Steelers are reaching rock bottom in Mike Tomlin era

That accusation comes one year after Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tyler Boyd also accused the Steelers of quitting in one of their two matchups a year ago. That is not something that often gets said about a professional team, and to hear it twice within a year, including from a player that won a Super Bowl with the team, is eye-opening. 

Tomlin has been facing more heat in recent years as playoff wins have dried up. 

In his first 10 years in Pittsburgh, the Steelers were a lock for 10 wins, played in two Super Bowls, and were 8-6 overall in the playoffs. They were the model NFL franchise.

But even entering this season, the Steelers had not won a playoff game since 2016, had only won three playoff games since 2010 (more than a decade), and had just one 10-win season over the previous four years. Unless something dramatically changes over the rest of this season, they will not get there again this year. 

The Steelers are a team at a crossroads. They have not been a truly bad team in decades, but everything is falling in around them. 

The success they have been so accustomed to has dried up, the coaching staff as a whole is under fire, they are trying to work in a new quarterback, the offense has been a disaster for more than a year now, they have not been competitive against the league's top teams, and now they are getting accused of quitting on multiple occasions. 

This is easily the lowest they have ever been during Tomlin's tenure and really the first time he has had to face some real adversity. Let's see if he can get them out of it before the bottom truly falls out on them. And perhaps his tenure in Pittsburgh.