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In Mike Tomlin’s first few weeks as a TV analyst, he’s been more vulnerable than ever.
The longtime Steelers head coach has been far more willing to speak candidly about the current state of the NFL, even being fairly critical of the Browns‘ struggles and the Cowboys‘ Week 3 clock management. Tomlin’s personality has been more apparent than ever — including the coach sharing some of his individual passions.
Recently, Tomlin revealed that he’s a huge fan of the video game “Minecraft,” spending a lot of his time in the span of over a decade building a city in the game. Soon, he will reveal his Minecraft city to fans.
Here’s what Tomlin has shared about his love for “Minecraft.”
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What we know about Mike Tomlin’s Minecraft obsession
Ahead of his first season as a TV analyst covering the NFL, with coaching in the rearview mirror — at least for now — Tomlin first mentioned in an interview with Craig Melvin that he’s a “big Minecrafter.”
The longtime Steelers coach said it all stemmed from trying to connect with his kids.
“I started playing Minecraft, man, when my kids were young,” Tomlin said. “I have a Minecraft city, I’m creative, that I’ve been working on for like 12 years.”
He also said he and his kids have discussed him revealing his Minecraft city to fans.
“We’ve been talking recently about sharing it with the world,” Tomlin said. “My oldest son is like, ‘Dad, you gotta share this with the world. People need to see this city that you’ve been working on for 12 years.’ We’ve been talking about it recently about how am I gonna share it with the world.”
After those comments went viral, that was all Tomlin needed, apparently, to make things official, planning to unveil his Minecraft city online.
He posted on Sept. 26 that four days later, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, he would show off his Minecraft city, saying in a clip that the game, his “secret obsession,” helped him “detach” from the pressures of life over the past 12 years.
Tomlin will be showing his Minecraft city to fans on Wednesday night via his YouTube channel, with the episode called “Rooftops, penthouses and urban living.”
It will be a highly anticipated stream — Tomlin’s preview on X got over nine million views on Wednesday.
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