{"id":261109,"date":"2026-08-07T17:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261109\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T17:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:26:07","slug":"mike-tomlin-says-mike-mccarthy-is-perfect-for-pittsburgh-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261109\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tomlin says Mike McCarthy is perfect for Pittsburgh Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin made his NBC debut on Thursday as part of the network\u2019s coverage of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between the Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Super Bowl champion head coach joined NBC after stepping down as head coach of the Steelers in January following the team\u2019s 30-6 wild card loss to the Houston Texans. The Steelers replaced him with another Super Bowl-winning Mike in the form of Mike McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">During the pregame show ahead of the Hall of Fame Game, Tomlin was asked about the hire of McCarthy, whom he gave high praise to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cYou know, I know a little about the Steelers\u2019 situation, to say the least,\u201c <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThePoniExpress\/status\/2085522705269301684?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tomlin said with a laugh<\/a>. \u201dMike\u2019s perfect for them and they\u2019re perfect for Mike. Certainly being a Pittsburgh native, he understands the standard that is Pittsburgh, and he\u2019ll embrace that. His coaching experience will also allow him to manage that. He\u2019s got an awesome resume. Obviously, the confetti has rained down on him before with his current quarterback, Aaron Rodgers. There\u2019s no substitute for shared success. Those waters run deep. He\u2019s positioned to do well. Certainly there\u2019s some challenges coming to a new situation, but there\u2019s a lot to like about continuity in this new experience for him.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The McCarthy era will unofficially begin when the Steelers host the Green Bay Packers on August 13 in the preseason opener. The Steelers will host the Atlanta Falcons in the regular season opener.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Let us know what you think in the comments. Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin made his NBC debut on Thursday as part of the network\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,35221,4853],"class_list":["post-261109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-analysis","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}