While Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin got his start as a coach on the protective side of the ball, if he supervised of a program, he ‘d want to the offending side of the ball to discover a head coach. Throughout a look on The Pat McAfee Show, previous NFL protective end and present CBS expert J.J. Watt stated that he asked Tomlin throughout the production conference ahead of the Steelers-Chiefs Christmas Day video game what kind of head coach he would work with, and Tomlin tossed him a little a curveball.
“It's one of the important things that I asked Mike Tomlin in our production conference before our Christmas video game was, if you were working with a head coach in today's environment, would you [go] offending organizer, protective planner, CEO type?” stated Watt, who became part of the Netflix broadcast for the Chiefs-Steelers video game. “He resembled, “In today's world, needs to be an offending mind. Needs to be a guy that's an offending mind due to the fact that the quarterback's the most [important]' It was truly, that was an actually intriguing take from an infamously protective guy.”
It's fascinating to speak with Tomlin, who's had a great deal of success as a defensive-minded head coach, however it goes to reveal that he acknowledges the NFL's altering landscape. Groups that can't establish a quarterback will not have success in the league, and the Steelers saw that throughout their 2 seasons with Kenny Pickett. That led to simply one playoff look, which came thanks to Mason Rudolph leading the Steelers to 3 straight wins at the end of last season.
It likewise might discuss why Pittsburgh worked with Arthur Smith as its offending organizer last February. He got his start on offense and worked as a head coach, so having that experience as a head coach might've been appealing to the Steelers. He likewise had success as the offending organizer in Tennessee while assisting establish QB Ryan Tannehill, who reanimated his profession with the Titans.
Clearly, Tomlin isn't promoting for himself to be changed by an offending mind and he's not going anywhere, with his current agreement extension locking him up through 2027. If Tomlin was in a front workplace position or spoken with on head-coaching hires, he ‘d look to the offending side of the ball, which isn't a response that I believe lots of would have anticipated.
Offending head coaches are having more success around the league, with the last 5 Super Bowls including 2 groups that were led by a head coach with an offending background. The Steelers and Tomlin will want to break that pattern this season, however there's no doubt that offending coaches have actually had more current success, and Tomlin acknowledges their value in group advancement.
