Pittsburgh isn’t close to winning a Super Bowl, it isn’t close to seriously contending for one and it’s time to make sweeping changes to a middling roster.

They quickly trailed 21-0, and even with some gasps in the third quarter from the offense in the third quarter, this Steelers team just could now claw out of such a deficit. It is a team that was never built for a huge comeback, and the Steelers knew their fate the moment they went down.

Tomlin is such a coaching force that he will never let the Steelers fall by the wayside. To Tomlin, being at the helm of a losing campaign would be unacceptable. It’d be a hit to his hallowed reputation. He is a coach crafted to be at the helm of a ready-made winner, nothing less. A rebuild isn’t worth his time.