A part of the job that I've got is to criticize Mike Tomlin when it's warranted.

So I don't take issue with others criticizing Tomlin.

Obviously, you have your opinion.

I have mine.

Except for one thing.

Except for one thing. Except for one thing.

Good afternoon to you.

Good Tuesday afternoon.

I'm Dan Kovachovich of DK. Pittsburgh Sports.

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Glad to have you here.

Glad on a Tuesday afternoon to be able to not just cover Tomlin's press conferences, but also to really go over them.

The guy has an amazing way with words.

And as someone who's made a living, you know, using words and stuff, I can appreciate that,

maybe more than most.

He does not speak in cliches.

If I hear one more person say, oh, it's another Tomlin cliche, look up what the word means.

That word, cliche, it's a phrase that gets used by the entire population again and again and again. The wheels are coming off, stuff like that. He is not that guy. He is the polar

opposite of that guy because he comes up with his own sayings and then he repeats them.

Now, listen, we can all set our own rules and boundaries here, but to me, that's kind of

outside the cliche realm because if you come up with it, it's your saying. You're not repeating what someone

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