{"id":696336,"date":"2026-06-10T20:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/696336\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T20:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:45:09","slug":"kaboly-thinks-mccarthy-got-jalen-ramsey-back-on-board-after-tomlin-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/696336\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaboly Thinks McCarthy Got Jalen Ramsey ‘Back On Board’ After Tomlin Resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pittsburgh Steelers have high hopes for DB Jalen Ramsey this season, but the new coaching staff reportedly almost didn\u2019t get a chance to work with him. Appearing on The Pomp & Joe Show on 93.7 The Fan<\/a>, Mark Kaboly of The Pat McAfee Show said he believes that Mike McCarthy had to convince Ramsey to return for 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if he wanted to be here this year, I think they talked him into coming back this year,\u201d Kaboly said. \u201cI think the [Mike] Tomlin stuff, he was a little bit still in the same Aaron Rodgers boat where \u2018I\u2019m not sure [what] I want to do.\u2019 But I think McCarthy talked to him and was able to get him back on board.<\/p>\n

Whether or not Ramsey wanted to come back, he was still under contract, so the decision wasn\u2019t solely his. He could\u2019ve requested a trade or threatened retirement, but at the end of the day, the Steelers had control in the situation.<\/p>\n

It makes sense if Ramsey considered following Tomlin out the door. The two of them have a longstanding relationship<\/a>, and Ramsey may have initially thought it would be best for him to play elsewhere. Last season, he started the season as Pittsburgh\u2019s No. 1 cornerback before moving to safety after some struggles, and a change of scenery could have appealed to him.<\/p>\n

But McCarthy apparently allayed any doubts he may have had about returning for a second season in Pittsburgh, just as his hiring did for Rodgers. And in Ramsey the Steelers get back a player back Kaboly believes is going to be one of the most important pieces to the team\u2019s success.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s one of the keys to this team this year. He plays extremely well,\u201d Kaboly said. \u201cHe can play four, five different positions. I think they turn into a top-five, top-10 defense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tomlin\u2019s resignation was a shock to a locker room that had a lot of guys who had only played under him during their career. While Ramsey\u2019s not one of those guys, it still led him to potentially consider whether his future should be in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

Now that he\u2019s back, he\u2019ll be regarded as a leader in the secondary and a versatile piece in Patrick Graham\u2019s defense. The Steelers added help around him with the additions of Jaquan Brisker and Jamel Dean, as well as rookie Daylen Everette. Ramsey was solid last season, but he could have a bigger hand this year in helping the Steelers compete as a leader now that he\u2019s in his second year.<\/p>\n

But coming back was a decision that wasn\u2019t taken lightly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers have high hopes for DB Jalen Ramsey this season, but the new coaching staff reportedly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[3791,1324,3792,140989,3966,349,99,3795],"class_list":["post-696336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-93-7-the-fan","tag-jalen-ramsey","tag-mark-kaboly","tag-mike-mccarthy","tag-mike-tomlin","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}