With the Pittsburgh Steelers losing their final five games of the season and getting embarrassed in the Wild Card game by the Baltimore Ravens, former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher thinks there needs to be major changes on the coaching staff and roster.
“Probably need some changes on that football team, players, coaches,” Cowher said on the CBS pregame show. “Right now, that’s going to stick with them for a long time. It’s not that they lost. It’s the manner in what they lost.
Kirk Herbstreit ripped Pittsburgh’s first-half effort in Saturday night’s Wild Card game loss to the Ravens. At times, it looked like multiple Steelers players didn’t even want to be there.
“Where the hell is the fight?! This is the Pittsburgh Steelers! There’s nothing! They’re just going through the motions!” Herbstreit said during the Amazon Prime broadcast.
Midway through the third quarter, the Ravens had 242 yards rushing, which is the most rushing yards allowed by Pittsburgh in a postseason game. The previous high was 232 yards at Oakland in 1973. Baltimore finished with 299 yards rushing (6.0 average).
Cowher didn’t say specifically what needs to change. But it appears Mike Tomlin will remain the team’s head coach.
Tomlin’s staff could look a lot different in 2025, however. Moving on from offensive line coach Pat Meyer and defensive coordinator Teryl Austin could be the first order of business.
Cowher wasn’t the only Steelers legend to rip the current team. Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw also put the Steelers on blast.
“I can’t get over the game last night when you saw the Baltimore Ravens beat the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers now have lost five straight games. I mean, that’s just unheard of,” Bradshaw said on FOX NFL Sunday. The defense was just horrible, they couldn’t stop the run, couldn’t stop the pass. They couldn’t do anything right last night. This just doesn’t look anything like the Steelers teams we’ve seen.”