PITTSBURGH — This article originally appeared on SteelersNOW.com.
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has received a lot of heat for the five-game losing streak to end the 2024 season and the eight-year playoff win drought. The fanbase is fed up with being stuck in mediocrity and not living up to the standard of the franchise.
This has led to many calling for Tomlin’s job, but Jim Rooney, the brother of Steelers owner Art Rooney II, thinks Tomlin is not the one to blame for the downfall in playoff success.
“I think it’s an organization issue, not just Mike,” Rooney said on the Ross Tucker Podcast. “I think all of us are responsible for the outcomes, but I think we take responsibility. I don’t want to get into excuse making, but the reality is we outperform the NFL mean at a greater rate than just about any team for the last 25 years.”
“I think if this was a boxing match and you were judging the competition, not just looking at the winning percentage, you would say that we have performed in a harder circumstance than most and outperformed them,” Rooney said. “Having said that, I understand no one wants to lose playoff games. The goal is to win the Super Bowl, and you have to get to there. You have to get to playoff games, which we do well, and you have to win playoff games, which we haven’t.”
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