Perhaps the Steelers were a soap opera last season, but it’s up to the coach to fix that.
Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin. By Cindy Boren Cindy Boren Reporter covering sports, with an emphasis on politics and national stories Email Bio Follow April 29 at 1:29 PM Losing two superstars isn’t causing Pittsburgh Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin any angst.“There’s been a cleansing, if you will,” he said in an ESPN interview over the weekend, addressing the departures of wide receiver Antonio Brown and running back Le’Veon Bell.
After being franchised, Bell sat out all of the 2018 season rather than going through it a second time, holding out for a long-term contract that never materialized and signing a four-year, $52.5 million deal with the New York Jets. Brown was traded to the Oakland Raiders. Exacerbating the situation overall was an interview in which General Manager Kevin Colbert said Roethlisberger “has 52 kids under him, quite honestly.” He was quickly criticized for the comment. “Referring to the other 52 players on the #Steelers as Roethlisberger’s ‘children’ is as bad of an analogy as a GM could make when describing the QB as the leader,” ESPN’s Louis Riddick tweeted. “That’s utterly ridiculous. I don’t agree with how AB conducted himself, but I sure do better understand now.
Colbert tried to clarify his remarks. “In referencing to our ‘younger players,’ what I am referencing is Ben is the only player [on the roster] who has ever won a Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers,” he told the NFL Network “… I was referencing the younger players on our team and their lack of experience in the Super Bowl-winning environment, and Ben is only one who can say he’s done that. …
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