Mike Tomlin's Approach to the NFL's Challenges & Wins

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00:00Mike Tomlin's Weekly Words of Wisdom.

00:03Man, we got a lot of things to get prepared for,

00:05but I'm sure they have a similar posture.

00:08Uh, the familiarity, uh, makes it fun

00:11and challenging at the same time.

00:13I'm excited about getting started with this process, man,

00:16and continuing with our divisional journey.

00:19Um, no rest for the weary.

00:21I'm excited about getting back to it this week

00:23and in the confines of Akershaw.

00:26Yeah, look, uh, it's simple.

00:31They need to stop Judy,

00:34and they need to stop the run,

00:37and they need to get to, uh, famous Jameis

00:41and sack his ass.

00:43They got Heisman back.

00:45They got such a vicious pass rush right now

00:48with Watt and Herbig and Hayward,

00:51and, I mean, let's face facts,

00:53they're dangerous,

00:55and they need to take it out on this team

00:57because they blew that game in Cleveland in the snow.

01:00They had the lead 19-18.

01:02They lost fair and square,

01:04so you need to punch them back right in the orbital bone,

01:07right in their face.

01:09Punch them right in the eye

01:11and get rid of this team.

01:13The Browns suck, okay?

01:15So you need to go beat their ass.

01:18That is what they need to do, uh, this coming week.

01:21Now, of course, uh, we were talking about

01:23this earlier in the week.

01:25There was a lot of behind-the-scenes Tomlin stuff

01:27about what a great guy Tomlin is,

01:29how he talks to the players.

01:31So, of course, yesterday, with all the player media,

01:33what did everyone have to ask all the players?

01:35Is this Mike all the time?

01:37How great is it to play for Mike?

01:39So here's Najay Harris, Scotty,

01:41giving you a few things about what makes Mike Tomlin

01:43a great head coach.

01:45He's a player's coach.

01:47He's gonna come in the locker room,

01:49chop it up with us, you know what I mean?

01:51Talk about the sides, football.

01:53Let's talk about life stuff, you know what I mean?

01:55That makes you feel a little bit more comfort,

01:57comfort in this business that we're in

01:59that's so cutthroat, you know what I mean?

02:01Certainly not too many people,

02:03especially in that position as a head coach,

02:05will show that side.

02:07It's always just football, football, football.

02:09But him, he's showing a different side,

02:11you know what I mean,

02:13showing that you can have fun in this sport

02:15while being serious, too.

02:17And I think that's what likes people

02:19and I did all that.

02:21Not one person said anything bad about Mike T,

02:23and I just showed you what type of person he is.

02:25There you go.

02:27That's why he's one of our favorites,

02:29and I'm a big fan of his work.

02:31He's got a Super Bowl ring.

02:33For all the fans in Pittsburgh

02:35that don't like him, you lose.

02:37Yeah, just think.

02:39People wanted him fired.

02:41They still do.

02:43They said there are still people that want him fired.

02:45Every year when they lose in the playoffs,

02:47they say they gotta get rid of him.

02:49He never wins in the playoffs.

02:51He never wins in the playoffs.

02:53He won the Super Bowl.

02:55He has won the Super Bowl.

02:57Just stop.

02:59The Roonies do not listen

03:01to fans,

03:03but they've mastered the art

03:05of taking the fans' money out of their pants.

03:07They've got that down to a science.

03:09Most owners are pretty good at that.

03:11Najay Harris,

03:13speaking of him, Scotty,

03:15he's gone 176 yards

03:17to have his fourth straight

03:191,000-yard season.

03:21He'll be the first player in Steeler history

03:23to rush for 1,000 yards

03:25in his first four years.

03:27You have said this already this year.

03:29Maybe they made a mistake

03:31not picking up the fifth-year option.

03:33I think it's a huge mistake.

03:35I think he's been a great back for them.

03:37They blew off his fifth-year

03:39option,

03:41and he's gonna be the first guy.

03:43He's gonna get 176 yards

03:45in the next

03:47three weeks, as sure as I'm

03:49sitting here, and they've got more games than that.

03:51This is

03:5314. They've got four more weeks

03:55of football,

03:57and he's gonna get that, I think,

03:59in the next two weeks. He's gonna get it against the

04:01Browns, and then he's gonna

04:03finish it off in Philadelphia

04:05with the same thing. It won't be easy in

04:07Philly to run, but he'll get enough to go over that

04:09mark and go over 1,000. It is amazing

04:11because when he first started,

04:13he ran up the middle. In

04:15Canada's offense, he ran up the middle

04:17off tackle on every single

04:19handoff, and I was like, Christ, they never

04:21let the guy swing wide and

04:23run outside or run

04:25anywhere else except

04:27up the gut, and he still had 1,200

04:29yards. I think

04:31the guy's a badass, and I think they should

04:33wholly reconsider

04:35why they're not giving this

04:37guy a deal. I don't think he's worth

04:39$12 million a year like

04:41Barkley is, but I

04:43think he's worth paying

04:45and keeping, and so

04:47is Warren. They need to keep

04:49good players. I don't think

04:51he's worth that much money, and I know that

04:53his reps aren't stupid.

04:55His agents know what he's worth.

04:57He's worth, you know, in the middle

04:59of that. I mean, he's

05:01not gonna get anything more than $6, $7 million.

05:03It's not gonna happen.

05:05No one's gonna give him that money. He's not like

05:07some kind of superstar

05:09back like Barkley. He's

05:11just a good running back. He's solid.

05:13He's physical. He's tough. He plays. He doesn't get

05:15injured. That's what they need, a guy

05:17like that. Like, what are you doing over here?

05:19Warren gets injured all the time. Meanwhile,

05:21Warren's a great player.

05:23He is. He does get hurt

05:25a lot, though, that's for sure. Since Russ took

05:27over the quarterback position, Steelers

05:29are sixth in points per game. They're tied for

05:31first in 20-plus-yard completions. They're

05:33first in yards per completion. They're tied for second

05:35in yards per attempt. They're tied for ninth

05:37in EPA per dropback.

05:39The Steelers' offense has been much

05:41improved since Russ

05:43has gone into the saddle.

05:45They are six-and-a-half-point

05:47favorites at the place the

05:49Steelers play. Sunday

05:51at 1 o'clock East, the total

05:53will be 43-and-a-half.

05:55I believe

05:57they do not mess around

05:59on Sunday, and they covered a six-and-a-half.

06:01I think it's a 10-point

06:03plus Steeler win.

06:05They take care of business. I'm with you.

06:07I'm just going to save a lot

06:09of time here. I think they're

06:11double digits here.

06:13They have to get it done, and they

06:15have to make mincemeat out of the Browns.

06:17That was humiliating, losing

06:19to them. You cannot screw this up.

06:21They need to handle their

06:23business.

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