Not long ago, I reported that the Chicago Bears are closely monitoring the Mike Tomlin situation in Pittsburgh. It’s no secret that, at this point, the Steelers head coach is in a precarious position. The team has lost three in a row, including two to backup quarterbacks. Some players appear to have tuned him out, leading to some highly questionable effort on the field. Couple that with his inability to fix the offense over the past couple of years, and fans are fed up. They want him gone.
Tomlin has multiple admirers inside Halas Hall. One of them is George McCaskey, who has personal ties to the Steelers organization going back to the days of his grandfather, George Halas. Another is team president Kevin Warren, who worked with Tomlin in Minnesota before heading to Pittsburgh. There is a strong belief he could bring credibility to the head coaching position this organization desperately needs. If people weren’t sure the Bears were interested before, Diana Russini of The Athletic provided more fuel to the fire.
The Pittsburgh Steelers had a familiar guest at their facility just before they matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 16. Likely in town to tailgate and hang with fans on gameday, former running back Le’Veon Bell was at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex to visit his old team. Bell posted a video of him dressed in Steelers gear at the facility. He said he and head coach Mike Tomlin met and still on great terms, and, as he’s mentioned multiple times this year, it made him realize he shouldn’t have asked to leave Pittsburgh when he was playing. “Hey man, we are in here,” Bell said. “I haven’t been in this facility, this parking lot, for so long.
