Mike Tomlin joins concerning list of coaches with historically bad playoff struggles

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin joined a list of coaches that no one wants to join with the Steelers loss to the Baltimore Ravens. He has now lost six in a row in the postseason, which is a Steelers franchise record and the longest active streak in Tomlin’s tenure. His last playoff win was in 2017.

With that, Tomlin joins four other coaches in the pantheon of NFL history as coaches who have lost six or more straight playoff games in their career. Jim Mora, Marvin Lewis, Marty Schottenheimer, and Shane Owen are the only other coaches to reach that mark. Lewis holds the record with seven straight playoff losses.

If Tomlin can not turn around his lack of postseason success, the answer is simple — he will not be around Pittsburgh much longer. He will be back next season, but even with the Steelers, patience is wearing thin with so many losses, and the same script is being run back year after year despite changes around Tomlin.

The playoff struggles need to change soon, and they will inevitably make big-time changes to the roster this offseason. However, nothing will shift unless Tomlin is willing to change his style of coaching.

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