Earlier this week, Pittsburgh Steelers rookie linebacker Jack Sawyer mentioned he believed it was “bull—t” that Pittsburgh followers chanted for the staff to fireside head coach Mike Tomlin throughout the Steelers’ 26-7 residence loss to the Buffalo Payments on Sunday.
Like Sawyer, Steelers vast receiver DK Metcalf has performed underneath Tomlin solely because the begin of the season. Throughout a current chat with Sports activities Illustrated’s Liam McKeone, Metcalf indicated he’d prefer to proceed working with Tomlin by no less than 2026.
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“I feel he is an excellent chief,” Metcalf mentioned about Tomlin. “Simply the way in which that he carries himself out and in of the constructing, how he motivates me and will get me to observe his lead. I feel he is completed a heck of a job sitting in there, listening to his staff conferences. Something that he has to say or his viewpoint about issues. He’s coached some nice gamers in his previous, and I’m simply making an attempt so as to add to that listing with the way in which that I play.”
The Steelers gave Metcalf a five-year, $150M contract extension after buying him from the Seattle Seahawks in March. Pittsburgh’s signing of veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers in June was considered as one other win-now transfer for a franchise that hasn’t recorded a playoff win underneath Tomlin since 2016.
Whereas the Steelers began this season with 4 wins in 5 video games, they’ve since dropped to a 6-6 document. As not too long ago as this week, Steelers legend Ben Roethlisberger joined the rising listing of notable soccer figures who imagine Tomlin and the franchise ought to contemplate parting methods in January 2026.
DK Metcalf addresses constructing chemistry with Aaron Rodgers
Following Pittsburgh’s loss to Buffalo, Rodgers suggested that some Steelers receivers had missed movie classes and, thus, have not all the time recognized the “proper route” to run throughout video games. Throughout his chat with McKeone, Metcalf acknowledged that bettering his working relationship with Rodgers is a “continuous course of” as the 2 construct chemistry.
“Whether or not he is signaling me one thing, or if I obtained a query a couple of route or an idea off the sphere, or if I am eager about one thing late at evening after follow or my viewpoint about one thing,” Metcalf added throughout his feedback about Rodgers. “I feel it is only a regular stream of communication all through the entire week so all of us get on the identical web page. As a result of I’d see one thing that he does not see, and vice versa.”
ESPN stats present that Metcalf heads into Week 14 main the Steelers with 45 receptions, 75 targets, 605 receiving yards and 5 receiving touchdowns on the season. These numbers are slightly lackluster contemplating the cash connected to Metcalf’s contract.
In the meantime, the winner of this Sunday’s matchup between the Steelers and the 6-6 Baltimore Ravens will enter subsequent week sitting atop the AFC North standings. As of Wednesday afternoon, DraftKings Sportsbook had Pittsburgh as a six-point street underdog at Baltimore’s M&T Financial institution Stadium.
