The Steelers lost quarterback Ben Roethlisberger with a season-ending elbow injury in Week 2. Running back James Conner missed six games, wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster missed four games, and was sidelined for the majority of two others, and defensive end Stephon Tuitt missed the final 10 games of the season. Even backups -- quarterback Mason Rudolph and running back Jaylen Samuels missed multiple games.
Starting center Maurkice Pouncey missed three games. Starting left guard Ramon Foster and starting tight end Vance McDonald were both sidelined two games for concussions. Undrafted rookie free-agent Devlin Hodges was forced to play in eight games six starts , and, despite an start, Tomlin still led Pittsburgh to a record of Despite injuries, Pittsburgh's defense led or tied for the League-lead in sacks The Steelers also ranked among the NFL's top-five in interceptions 2nd, 20 , interception rate 2nd, 3.
During the season, Tomlin reached career wins in the fewest games in team history, tying him with Bud Grant for the fifth-fewest games by an NFL head coach to secure regular season wins. He was the third head coach in NFL history with or more regular season wins in their first 13 seasons as a head coach, joining Tony Dungy: and Shula: Tomlin led the Steelers to a record of in With a Week 5 win against Atlanta, he and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger broke a tie with Chuck Noll and Terry Bradshaw for the most wins by a head coach-quarterback tandem in franchise history.
Roethlisberger set single-season franchise records for touchdown passes 34 , pass completions and passing yards 5, in , while leading all NFL players in pass completions and passing yardage. Brown and second-year wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster also made history, becoming the sixth wide receiver duo in NFL history and first in Steelers history to record receptions and 1, yards apiece in a single season.
With Tomlin at the helm, six Steelers were named to the Pro Bowl for their performances — the third consecutive season with at least five selections. In , Tomlin led the Steelers to a record, including a record against the AFC North, securing his sixth division title and a No. The team's 13 wins marked the most wins in a single season in the Tomlin era. Under Tomlin's guidance, Roethlisberger became the eighth quarterback in NFL history to reach 50, passing yards, finishing the season with a career total of 51, Brown was voted team MVP for his outstanding performance and became the first Steeler to earn the honor four times , '13, '15 and ' Brown led the league with 1, receiving yards and set an NFL record for the most receptions and receiving yards 7, by a player in any five-year span in League history.
Defensively, the team led the NFL and set a Steelers single-season record with 56 sacks in Heyward and fullback Roosevelt Nix were also added to the Pro Bowl roster prior to the game. The Steelers finished with an record in , and won each of the team's final seven regular- season games, to secure the AFC North title and No.
It marked the fifth time Tomlin led the Steelers to at least 11 wins in the regular season. Pittsburgh won its first two postseason games, vs. Bell was voted the Steelers' MVP for his efforts. He led the NFL in scrimmage yards per game In the Steelers' Week 14 victory at Buffalo in , Bell set the single- game team record with rushing yards and tied the single-game team mark with three rushing TDs.
Roethlisberger and Brown continued to etch their names in NFL history. Brown set numerous NFL records, including one for the most receptions in a player's first career regular-season games and one for the most receptions in NFL history by a player in any four-year span Tomlin also reached his th career win in and did so in the fewest games in team history.
He became the eighth head coach in NFL history to reach regular-season wins in their first 10 seasons. Despite significant injuries to multiple starters during the season, the Steelers finished with a record 2nd in the AFC North and advanced to the Divisional Round of the playoffs. The 48 sacks were the third most in the NFL in In , Tomlin orchestrated one of the top offensive outputs in team history.
The Steelers broke numerous offensive records, including points scored , total yards 6, , passing yards per game On an individual basis in , Tomlin guided Roethlisberger, Brown and Bell — who all made the Pro Bowl — to record-setting years. Arguably one of his best coaching performances may have come in the second half of the season. Despite an and start to the season, the Steelers finished the regular season surging to a second-half record, falling just short of the playoffs.
In , Tomlin led the Steelers to a victory over the New York Jets in the home opener, becoming the first coach in team history to win his first six home openers. The Steelers finished the season with the top-ranked overall defense Tomlin continues a trend of something Steeler head coaching hires, following Cowher hired at age 34 in , and Chuck Noll hired at age 37 in Other Steelers coaches hired in their thirties include Bill Austin hired at age 38 in , John Michelosen hired at age 32 in , Jim Leonard hired at age 35 in , Walt Kiesling hired at age 35 in , Aldo Donelli hired at age 33 in , Johnny "Blood" McNally hired at age 33 in and Joe Bach hired at age 36 in Steelers owner Dan Rooney has served as the head of the NFL's diversity committee and proposed the Rooney Rule , requiring that teams interview minority candidates when selecting a head coach.
Although Tomlin's ascension to an NFL head coaching job has been cited as evidence of the rule working as intended, [6] Rooney himself disputes this, as he had already interviewed a minority candidate prior to interviewing Tomlin. Terms of Tomlin's contract have not been released officially. He is the third consecutive Steeler coach to win his first game, and the first head coach in Steeler history to win his first contest against the rival Cleveland Browns.
In a stark contrast to Bill Cowher, who only retained longtime running backs coach Dick Hoak from Chuck Noll's staff Hoak himself retired just before Cowher's resignation , Tomlin did retain many of Cowher's assistants, most notably defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau despite his contrasting defensive philosophy with Tomlin.
This was done in order to keep team chemistry with the players, since the team was only one year removed from a Super Bowl win at the time of Tomlin's hiring.
The Steelers lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Jacksonville Jaguars, 31— Tomlin began his career with a 15—7 record in regular season play—as did his predecessor Cowher and all-time win-leader Don Shula.
He was, after 2 seasons, the winningest head coach in Steelers history, based on win percentage On July 13, Tomlin signed a 3-year contract extension with the Steelers.
On November 13, Tomlin won his 50th game as a Steelers head coach with a victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. He is only the fourth of the 16 Steelers head coaches to do so. Tomlin was born as Michael Pettaway Tomlin and is the younger of two sons; his brother, Eddie, is three and a half years older.
The elder Tomlin passed away in January from an appparent heart attack in Ocala, Florida at the age of Postal Service, in They have three children: sons Michael Dean, born in , and Mason, born in ; and a daughter, Harlyn Quinn, born in Tomlin is popularly known for his uncanny resemblance to actor Omar Epps. The Rooney Rule dictates that for all head-coaching openings, each team must interview at least one minority candidate.
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