After this loss, Ben needs to retire and Tomlin and the rest of his coaching staff need to be fired immediately. One of the most overrated coaches in the NFL, and the biggest underachiever I think I've ever seen. After 2010, the Steelers have constantly played down to their competition and choked in hilarious fashion. Getting Tebow'd in 2011, losing at home to the Ravens in the wild card game in 2014, letting Blake Bortles and Leonard Fournette torch you for 45 points in 2017, and now this loss. How many more embarrassments do the Steelers have to face before they realize that Tomlin is an issue?
I think Tomlin's a great coach still. But yeah he's definitely overrated, especially by the media.
With that said, I personally put the bulk of the blame on the Pittsburgh players for all the choking since 2010. In a way, Tomlin should be praised for putting up with Antonio Brown and Le'veon Bell for as long as he did despite their egos and especially Antonio Brown's troubles lol. Then you have Big Ben at times playing like he doesn't care over the years, JuJu being in the spotlight for a lot of the wrong reasons in 2020, etc.
Yeah, I get that it's the coach's responsibility to try and reel everyone in, but PIT has had quite a few players with egos over the years and it's probably just hard to contain. I mean, AB literally livestreamed the locker room after their win over KC in 2016 and Tomlin said something when he didn't realize he was being recorded that was taken the wrong way (sounded like a chirp at their next opponent, but that's common in all locker rooms). Then Le'Veon Bell acting cocky before the Jaguars playoff game which they lost and now JuJu doing the same against Cleveland and losing just days later.
If anything, Tomlin probably should have run a tighter ship like Belichick does, but in general Tomlin does seem like a "players coach" and is loose, which is also why a lot of players in the league love him.