{"id":700170,"date":"2026-01-24T00:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T00:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/700170\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T00:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T00:24:19","slug":"mike-and-maurkice-pouncey-say-replacing-mike-tomlin-wont-be-easy-for-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/700170\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike and Maurkice Pouncey Say Replacing Mike Tomlin Won\u2019t Be Easy For Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ed4971ad874e4bbca06e9247b1bebac4_md.png\" alt=\"011926_mike_maurkice_pouncey_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZSports.com<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Steelers have a tough road ahead of &#8217;em &#8230; this according to Mike and Maurkice Pouncey, who tell TMZ Sports replacing Mike Tomlin is gonna be a tall order.<\/p>\n<p>We spoke with the retired NFL centers (Maurkice on the left, Mike on the right) this week &#8230; as the Steelers continue to search for their new head coach after Tomlin decided to it was time to go after 19 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260113_cf46c094b3474391b3bc76d370c6c045\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:6a7c3186-76b0-43dd-b295-372728f1a365\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cf46c094b3474391b3bc76d370c6c045_md.jpg\" alt=\"mike tomlin sub getty swipe 3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s gonna take some due diligence, and it&#8217;s just a whirlwind going on right now, and coach, one of the best coaches to ever coach the game, walked away on his terms,&#8221; Maurkice said.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think they gotta do some really deep investigation on who gonna be their next head coach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Pouncey Bros. threw potential names out &#8230; but since the interview, some of those guys, like Robert Saleh (who joined the Titans), have been snagged.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260121_0dabb90dc9c245a1a0320f9a6f049c27\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:6a7c3186-76b0-43dd-b295-372728f1a365\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0dabb90dc9c245a1a0320f9a6f049c27_md.jpg\" alt=\"mike and Maurkice Pouncey getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maurkice joked he and his brother could step in as Steelers coaches &#8212; though Maurkice admits following Tomlin would be a tough act to follow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t wanna be the fourth coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers,&#8221; Mike said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a lot of pressure. The other three were great, so the fourth one better come in and win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the Pouncey Bros. will focus on being fathers to their kids and their new alcohol brand, <a href=\"https:\/\/tropicaldistillery.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tropical Distillery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll drink to that!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Play video content TMZSports.com The Pittsburgh Steelers have a tough road ahead of &#8217;em &#8230; this according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,88,6,520,57,2360,9,266,426,4429],"class_list":{"0":"post-700170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","13":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-sports-news","16":"tag-steelers","17":"tag-tmz-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115947233093372276","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700170","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=700170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}