{"id":46272,"date":"2025-11-27T16:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/46272\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T16:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:21:12","slug":"theyre-not-the-steelers-anymore-jim-rome-says-vibe-in-pittsburgh-is-way-too-toxic-mike-tomlin-must-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/46272\/","title":{"rendered":"‘They’re Not The Steelers Anymore’: Jim Rome Says Vibe In Pittsburgh Is ‘Way Too Toxic’, Mike Tomlin Must Go"},"content":{"rendered":"

After another disappointing loss for the Pittsburgh Steelers last Sunday, Steeler alumnus James Harrison absolutely ripped the team<\/a> on his podcast. He called the defense just about everything in the book, and criticized both the effort from the players as well as the scheme itself. That\u2019s caused quite a stir. Complaining about the Steelers isn\u2019t anything new these days. But to have such a visceral reaction from such a notable voice is telling. To Jim Rome, it\u2019s a sign that things are reaching a boiling point for Mike Tomlin\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not wrong,\u201d Rome said of Harrison\u2019s reaction on Wednesday on his radio show<\/a>. \u201cThey damn sure are not looking like the Pittsburgh Steelers. Not right now. And if they can\u2019t win a playoff game, there damn well be some furniture moving around. What I don\u2019t understand is why Tomlin would still be there if the bottom falls out on the season. The buck has got to stop with the head coach, right? Why wouldn\u2019t it?\u2026 It\u2019s just gotten way too toxic.\u201d<\/p>\n

The vibe in Pittsburgh isn\u2019t great. After the loss, Patrick Queen appeared to point to the scheme<\/a> as part of the reason the Steelers were torn apart. And the locker room was described as a defeated one<\/a> after the loss by a beat reporter as well.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s hard to feel differently when you\u2019ve lost four of six, and now trail the Ravens in the division via a tiebreaker. Winning fixes everything, but the Steelers can\u2019t build any consistency whatsoever. It only gets harder with matchups against Buffalo and Baltimore in the next two weeks. If the Steelers can\u2019t win either of those games, they\u2019ll be sitting at 6-7 and unlikely to make the postseason.<\/p>\n

Rome doesn\u2019t see them winning a playoff game this year either way. But that pessimism extends beyond the 2025 season as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have not won a playoff game in eight years. It does not look like they\u2019re going to win one anytime soon. The fans are sick and tired of being stuck in the same mediocre place. Simply put, they\u2019re not the Steelers anymore,\u201d Rome said.<\/p>\n

The idea of moving on from Mike Tomlin is far from new. It\u2019s one that many Steelers fans have been campaigning for the last couple of seasons. And the frustration is understandable as the Steelers continue to fade into football obscurity.<\/p>\n

Yet, as has been repeated time and time again, Tomlin likely won\u2019t be going anywhere after this season. The Steelers never move on from a coach with two years left on his contract, let alone the head coach.<\/p>\n

However, this season has a more intense feel than most. It\u2019s not often that former Steelers come out and blast the team the way James Harrison did this week. The organization isn\u2019t going to bat much of an eye at a frustrated fan base calling for change. But when someone of Harrison\u2019s magnitude speaks out like that, those words will be heard by those in the building.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s still a lot of time left this year. And the Steelers are still tied with the Ravens for the division lead at 6-5. They have their chances to turn it around. This week\u2019s opponent, the Buffalo Bills, offers an opportunity for Mike Tomlin and the Steelers to quiet the noise for a little while.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After another disappointing loss for the Pittsburgh Steelers last Sunday, Steeler alumnus James Harrison absolutely ripped the team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[24898,27320,7405,73,75,74,27321],"class_list":["post-46272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-james-harrison","tag-jim-rome","tag-mike-tomlin","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-the-jim-rome-show"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46272","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=46272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}