{"id":655492,"date":"2026-01-05T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/655492\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T09:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:00:12","slug":"mike-tomlin-issues-bold-take-after-sending-ravens-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/655492\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tomlin issues bold take after sending Ravens home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nfl\/pittsburgh-steelers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> should enjoy their season-ending win against the Baltimore Ravens at Acrisure Stadium on Sunday. They deserve it after surviving a back-breaking affair. But for coach <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/tag\/mike-tomlin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Tomlin<\/a>, they should save the bigger celebration for their real mission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nfl\/pittsburgh-steelers\/steelers-news-tj-watt-picks-off-lamar-jackson-first-game-injury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Steelers beat the Ravens, 26-24<\/a>, to rule the AFC North for the first time since 2020. They earned a ticket to the playoffs and eliminated the Ravens.<\/p>\n<p>While they have momentum on their side, Tomlin stressed that the job is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrianBatko\/status\/2008038512478785699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">far from finished<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re AFC North champions. That sounds good and it feels good. But we didn&#8217;t come here for that. We&#8217;re here for what lies ahead,\u201d said Tomlin, as quoted by Post-Gazette Sports&#8217; Brian Batko.<\/p>\n<p>The 53-year-old Tomlin, the longest-tenured coach in the NFL, has seen it all, and he knows that they cannot celebrate too much. The Steelers will host the Houston Texans in the wild-card round on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Tomlin also acknowledged the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nfl\/ravens-news-zay-flowers-intriguing-move-heartbreaking-loss-steelers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">long-standing rivalry between Pittsburgh and Baltimore<\/a>. He and coach John Harbaugh battled for the 40th time, and it proved to be <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrianBatko\/status\/2008038268965945463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">an unforgettable one<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s another one in the history of this series, man,\u201d added Tomlin.<\/p>\n<p>Tomlin tallied his 193rd win in the regular season, tying legendary coach Chuck Noll for the franchise record and for ninth on the NFL&#8217;s all-time list.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Rodgers starred for the Steelers, going 31-of-47 for a season-high 294 yards. His lone touchdown pass, a 26-yard throw to Calvin Austin III, proved to be the game-winner.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers haven&#8217;t made it past the wild-card round since 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers should enjoy their season-ending win against the Baltimore Ravens at Acrisure Stadium on Sunday. They&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,1255,6,520,57,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-655492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-mike-tomlin","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","13":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","14":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115841677932200972","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}