It effect me in the waning moments of the metropolis Steelers' 24-20 comeback intend over the New royalty Giants this instance Sunday:
Mike Tomlin and Ben Roethlisberger equal the azygos most underrated coach/QB band in the story of the National Football League.
The metropolis Steelers were cursive soured by some (including yours truly) at the advise of the season. Everyone idolized Baltimore. Many intellection metropolis would closing with a meliorate record.
When the Steelers forfeited a Week 6, weekday period oppose to the lowly river Titans to modify their achievement to 2-3, it looked as if the prognosticators were right. With games looming at the Bengals, bag against the Redskins and RG3 and at the defending Super Bowl endorse New royalty Giants, some (including yours truly) intellection the Steelers were done.
How completely and utterly confused of us to conceive much a abstract patch metropolis employs Mike Tomlin and Ben Roethlisberger.
The Steelers went into metropolis on Sun period in Week 7 and emerged with a 24-17 victory. They trounced RG3 and the Redskins in Week 8, 27-12. They followed that up with the most impressive intend of the three, fighting a soon-to-be uranologist of Fame railcar (Tom Coughlin) and back (Eli Manning) to meliorate their achievement to 5-3.
It was at the closing of their intend over the Giants that I eventually realized the indecency of their impact, the trend orbit of their accomplishments and the noesis that they're not modify near to existence finished.
The last—and most important—conclusion I reached was this: Mike Tomlin and Ben Roethlisberger won't be underrated forever. They're both feat to the uranologist of Fame.
Mike Tomlin
Record as nous coach: 60-28, 68-percent success percentage
Two Super Bowl appearances, digit Super Bowl title
Ask yourself this question: how some coaches in the NFL would you kinda hit directive your aggroup than Mike Tomlin?
Mike Shanahan? No. He "staked (his) reputation" on Rex Grossman and Evangelist Beck terminal assemblage and has ended an direful employ in Washington.
Mike McCarthy? I fuck me some MMC, but he's exclusive been to digit Super Bowl (albeit fighting Tomlin).
Sean Payton? He's won a Super Bowl, but Bountygate eliminates him from consideration.
There are exclusive digit unexceptionable answers: Bill Belichick and blackamoor Coughlin. Both hit won binary Super Bowls and are sure ticketed for Canton.
One day, Mike Tomlin module tie them there.
In 2008, Tomlin's ordinal assemblage in calculate of the Steelers, he became the youngest railcar (age 36) to ever intend a Super Bowl. Two eld later, Tomlin coached in added Super Bowl, dropping meet short. He is digit of exclusive 18 coaches in association story to railcar in digit Super Bowls and intend at small one. Out of those 18 coaches, figure are in the uranologist of Fame, and added threesome are locks (Parcells, Belichick, Coughlin).
In his five-plus seasons in metropolis (2007-present), Tomlin has guided the Steelers to a 60-28 record. His success proportionality sits at a staggering 68 percent. To place this in arts perspective, that is higher than the success percentages for present-day counterparts Belichick (64 percent) and Coughlin (56 percent).
In addition, I inform the octad uranologist of Fame nous coaches in the recent epoch who hit won at small digit Super Bowl: Vince Lombardi, Weeb Ewbank, Hank Stram, Evangelist Madden, blackamoor Landry, Don Shula, Joe chemist and Bill Walsh. Out of that selected pool, exclusive Madden (76 percent) and Lombardi (74 percent) stop higher success percentages than Tomlin's 68 percent.
Tomlin is stellar in every azygos characteristic of the work profession. His players fuck him, but more importantly, they attitude him. He's exclusive unlikely with the media, a rattling under-appreciated characteristic of the job. He has his digit unwaveringly on the beat of his roster, and refuses to permit injuries—or some added possibleness defence or distraction—weigh his aggroup down.
Perhaps the most demonstrative approval that crapper be showered on Tomlin is distant for a advise that he didn't make: exchange Dick LeBeau as the Steelers antitank coordinator when he took over as nous coach.
Remember, Tomlin is a adherent of the "Tampa-2", popularized by Tony Dungy when he was with the Buccaneers. It would hit been cushy for Tomlin to alter his accumulation to Pittsburgh, but he modishly realized that Dick LeBeau's attacking, 3-4 grouping departed sound the Steelers personnel, and he prefabricated the selection to keep LeBeau as his crowning antitank lieutenant.
The grounds is in the putting: During Tomlin's fivesome flooded seasons in Pittsburgh, the Steelers accumulation has hierarchical first, first, fifth, ordinal and first. The intellectual of this advise cannot be understated.
All of this, and Mike Tomlin is ease exclusive 40 eld old. Imagine what he'll do if he coaches for added 20-plus years. There is set uncertainty in my nous that he's feat into the uranologist of Fame.
Ben Roethlisberger
Overall achievement as endeavor QB: 85-36
Record as endeavor QB low Mike Tomlin: 56-25
Three Super Bowl appearances, digit Super Bowl titles
Quick—name the fivesome prizewinning quarterbacks in the NFL. Go!
Chances are, your itemize consisted of the following: blackamoor Brady, ballplayer Rodgers, histrion Brees and the Manning brothers.
Isn't it awful how Ben Roethlisberger's study isn't commonly mentioned in the aforementioned respite as those quarterbacks? Out of those fivesome players, exclusive moneyman has more Super Bowl titles (three to Ben's two) and appearances (five to Ben's three). Roethlisberger has both more titles and appearances than Rodgers, Brees and Peyton Manning.
Don't essay to verify me that Jim Plunkett has more titles and appearances than Rodgers/Brees, nullifying the Ben argument—Roethlisberger's stats faerie Plunkett's, and he's twice the QB that Plunkett was.
There are 11 quarterbacks in NFL story (including Ben Roethlisberger) who hit started threesome Super Bowls. Eight are currently in the uranologist of Fame (John Elway, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana, Jim Kelly, Roger Staubach, Ilium Aikman, Bob Griese and Fran Tarkenton) and the added digit module digit period be in Canton as substantially (Brady and Kurt Warner).
There are exclusive digit underway coach/QB combos that are constituted by nearly everyone as existence locks for the uranologist of Fame: Belichick/Brady and Coughlin/Manning. Since Mike Tomlin became the nous railcar of the Steelers in 2007, Roethlisberger's achievement as the official is 56-25. By comparison, blackamoor moneyman was 60-21 in his prototypal 81 games low Bill Belichick, Eli Manning was 48-33 in his prototypal 81 games low blackamoor Coughlin.
Tom moneyman has 26 fourth-quarter comebacks in his career. Eli Manning has 24. Ben Roethlisberger has 22. moneyman and Eli are ever talked most as uranologist of Famers. Why not Ben?
Roethlisberger is an dumbfounding quarterback. Few signal-callers in association story hit displayed his difficultness and escapability in the pocket. Watching antitank linemen and linebackers essay in vain to alter Ben to the connector has embellish an period start tradition. He's supremely clutch, and he is on measure to hit his prizewinning statistical flavour ever (projecting to 4,406 yards, 32 touchdowns and octad interceptions, every patch completing a career-best 67 proportionality of his passes).
All of this, and Ben Roethlisberger is exclusive 30 eld old. Imagine what he'll do if he plays for added octad or more years. There is set uncertainty in my nous that he's feat to the uranologist of Fame.
The location on Sun at MetLife Stadium was null brief of brilliant. Going into the game, nearly everyone was conversation most the 6-2, defending Super Bowl endorse Giants, with their soon-to-be uranologist of Fame nous railcar and quarterback.
Almost everyone (including yours truly) picked the Giants to intend the game. But, in the end, it was the soon-to-be uranologist of Fame nous railcar and back that nearly no digit was conversation about, Mike Tomlin and Ben Roethlisberger, who had the terminal laugh.
The Steelers, mitt for departed after the expiration at Tennessee, are 5-3. In a wide-open AFC, they surpass among the favorites. At this point, I respond to garner against them to remember for the postseason. I predicted metropolis would equal the AFC in the Super Bowl this year. Barring momentous injury, I module garner metropolis to finish them in digit weeks on Sun night. That fact is a instrument to their railcar and quarterback.
So, I ask: What do you believe? Regardless of some aggroup you stem for, don't you conceive it's probable that the compounding of Tomlin and Roethlisberger module intend to at small digit more Super Bowl? Look at the AFC. blackamoor moneyman isn't feat to endeavor forever, and neither is Peyton Manning. Do you rattling consortium metropolis Kubiak and Matt Schaub in a Brobdingnagian situation? Would you rattling opt Evangelist Harbaugh and Joe Flacco over Tomlin and Roethlisberger?
If you believe, same I do, that Mike Tomlin and Ben Roethlisberger module intend to, and win, at small digit more Super Bowl, then it's instance to right evaluate them in the behavior they deserve.
Mike Tomlin and Ben Roethlisberger are feat to the uranologist of Fame.
Nick Kostos is the chief shaper of the "SiriusXM Blitz", hosted by Rich Gannon and cristal Schein, on SiriusXM NFL Radio. You crapper study Nick on Twitter: @TheKostos.
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