{"id":693694,"date":"2026-01-21T12:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/693694\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:33:15","slug":"mike-tomlin-offered-some-paternal-wisdom-to-chargers-rb-najee-harris-id-tell-you-not-to-come-back-here-nfl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/693694\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tomlin offered some paternal wisdom to Chargers RB Najee Harris: \u201cI\u2019d tell you not to come back here\u201d | NFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nfl-mike-tomlin.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Tomlin offered some paternal wisdom to Chargers RB Najee Harris: \u201cI\u2019d tell you not to come back here\u201d\" title=\"(Image via Getty: Najee Harris and Mike Tomlin)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>(Image via Getty: Najee Harris and Mike Tomlin) The Pittsburgh Steelers selected running back Najee Harris in the first round, 24th overall, of the 2021 NFL Draft. According to Spotrac, he signed a four-year, $13 million rookie contract with Pittsburgh. In May 2024, the Steelers declined a $6.79 million option for the 2025 season.In March 2025, Harris signed a one-year, $5.25 million contract with the Los Angeles Chargers. What happened in free agency is unclear, but the running back recently spoke about it. His comments involved Pittsburgh\u2019s former head coach, Mike Tomlin.<\/p>\n<p>Najee Harris discloses minute details about Mike Tomlin on podcast<\/p>\n<p>Najee Harris Opens Up About Mike Tomlin and the Steelers + Marshawn Tells Hilarious Harbaugh Story<\/p>\n<p>On Get Got Pod with Marshawn Lynch and Mike Robinson, Harris discussed Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, the team\u2019s longest-tenured coach.\u201cHe\u2019s a great coach, he\u2019s a player\u2019s coach,\u201d Harris shared. \u201cHe\u2019ll be in the locker room, partying, chilling, going crazy, and listening to music. His favorite is Take Over Your Trap[by 2 Chainz &amp; Skooly]; he\u2019ll play it all the time.\u201d\u201cHe\u2019s a people\u2019s person. He says, \u2018You gotta find a routine that\u2019s good with you, to keep your body right, to always be available.\u2019\u201d After sharing these little locker room secrets about Tomlin, Harris talked about the moment he learned about the trade, his release, and that he would be playing for another team.\u201cI called Mike Tomlin. Man, if I\u2019m not coming back, tell me, if I am, tell me. I don\u2019t really want to do all the antics, man.\u201d Harris said. \u201cI was in Vegas, in the RV, chilling and going to visit national park. I called him [Mike Tomlin]. We were chopping up for 10 or 20 minutes about random stuff. That\u2019s how our relationship was. It\u2019s like us talking right now. We wasn\u2019t even talking about it [trade]. Then we got all right, we gotta talk business. I said, \u2018Hey, man, what\u2019s up though?\u2019 He said, \u2018Naj, I always talk to you not as a player, but as if you are my son.\u2019 He had told me that before in another situation. He said, \u2018But if you were my son, I would tell you not to come back here.\u2019 So, I was like, \u2018All right, cool.\u2019\u201dTomlin reportedly did not want Harris to extend his contract with Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image via Getty: Najee Harris and Mike Tomlin) The Pittsburgh Steelers selected running back Najee Harris in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[241,7,101271,101270,1014,262,2444,2443,1255,4125,6,101268,2592,101272,57,101269],"class_list":{"0":"post-693694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-chargers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-football-trade","11":"tag-get-got-pod-with-marshawn-lynch-and-mike-robinson","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","14":"tag-losangeles","15":"tag-losangeleschargers","16":"tag-mike-tomlin","17":"tag-najee-harris","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-nfl-draft-2021","20":"tag-nfl-free-agency","21":"tag-paternal-wisdom","22":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","23":"tag-take-over-your-trap"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115933112983220353","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693694","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=693694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}