Tomlin received a Super Bowl in his second yr with the Steelers and has led them to the postseason 12 instances. However, this season got here to a different irritating finish.
The Steelers held a two-game lead within the AFC North heading into Week 15, however dropped 5 straight video games, culminating with a 28-14 loss to the Ravens on Wild Card Weekend. Pittsburgh by no means led in any of these video games and failed to attain greater than 17 factors.
In Saturday night time’s playoff loss, the Steelers surrendered a franchise-record 299 yards dashing, led by Derrick Henry (186 yards), who rushed for 162 yards in opposition to the Steelers in Week 16.
After a promising 10-3 begin, Pittsburgh performed its worst soccer when it mattered most.
“I feel we simply bought too comfy,” former Ravens linebacker Patrick Queen mentioned by way of the Post-Gazette after his first season with the Steelers. “We began chasing too many issues, and I feel we simply let our foot off the pedal. That cannot occur. That’s why we’re within the place that we’re in.”
Pittsburgh has not received a postseason recreation for the reason that 2016 season and has been outscored, 63-0, within the first quarter throughout its final 5 playoff appearances. Another former Raven, security DeShon Elliott, mentioned the Steelers have constructed a popularity for his or her lack of playoff success.
“Before I bought right here – clearly, I do know soccer, and I do know that previously we have performed effectively to start with of the season and [expletive] the mattress on the finish,” Elliott mentioned. “The identical [expletive] occurred this yr – shut the season out on a five-game dropping streak, together with playoffs. We bought to determine what’s the issue.”
