The talk about Mike Tomlin and the Steelers moving on from each other this offseason grows with each passing week.
Despite what is currently a six-year drought without a playoff win, the Steelers are highly unlikely to fire head coach Mike Tomlin, but that doesn’t mean they still couldn’t get rid of him.
According to Pro Football Talk, it’s possible that Tomlin could end up on another NFL team for the 2024 season as they could trade the legendary head coach if another team shows interest.
“For the first time since Tomlin became the coach of the team in early 2007, it feels like a divorce is coming. And it’s not that the Steelers would fire Tomlin. If a split occurs, it will happen either because Tomlin wants out — or because another team looking for a new head coach (Commanders, e.g.) calls the Steelers to initiate the process for essentially pulling off a trade,” Pro Football Talk reported.
The Commanders have new ownership but they lack the players as well as the top head coach to get them over.
“Surely, it wouldn’t take that much to get Tomlin. Especially if Tomlin is willing to do what few coaches ever dare to try. Tomlin could make it clear, internally or externally or both, that he’s content to finish his contract and become a coaching free agent in 2025,” PFT added.
Another possible team will be the Los Angeles Chargers, who fired head coach Brandon Staley.
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NFL head coaches are traded somewhat infrequently, but it’s not unheard of. Seven NFL coaches have been traded in the last 25 years, with the most recent trade coming just this past offseason, when the New Orleans Saints traded Sean Payton to the Denver Broncos.
Denver sent first and second-round picks to New Orleans and got a third-rounder along with Payton.
The Pittsburgh Steelers (7-7) lost to the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday, dropping their chances of making the playoffs. The Pittsburgh Steelers are turning to Mason Rudolph at quarterback in hopes of salvaging their season.
