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First Take

Hour 1: Did Tomlin Make the Right Decision Stepping Down?

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

First Take begins with an AFC North coaching carousel. Tomlin steps down, Harbaugh and Stefanski are fired. What does Stephen A. have to say about all of these coaches on the move? (0:00) Then, the Eagles finally let go of offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo. Will this fix their offensive issues, and Swagu wants to trade who?? (27:30) Next, the Patriots and Texans came away with easy wild card weekend victories. Which team's dominant win gave you more confidence heading into their Sunday night showdown? (43:20) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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ah whizdoggy wedggy it's a wednesday morning it's supposed to be a doggie dog world. But this guy, I mean, Swangoo, are you watching me? Peter Schreger, you're watching me, Shann, you're watching me, you're watching me. Where's doggy at? Where's doggy at? What are you doing? He's homesick. Aw, not taking care of yourself. Still trying to act like you in your 30s.

0:56.0

Damn it's over.

0:57.0

You ain't what you used to be, okay?

0:59.0

But it's all right, we got you covered.

1:02.0

The crew is in the house.

1:04.0

We'll tell you what we're mad about today.

1:08.0

College, boy.

1:10.0

It has been a surreal day in Pittsburgh.

1:14.6

The biggest news in the sports world today.

1:16.6

Mike Tomlin stepping down as Pittsburgh Steelers head coach.

1:19.6

I think deep down inside Mike Tomlin knew all along exactly what he was going to do.

1:24.6

And this was his plan to step away after this season.

1:28.3

The wisdom, the way with words, the way he can communicate with people, the leadership that he has.

1:33.3

It's rare.

1:34.3

This is a facility that is shocked that Mike Tomlin decided to step away, but also grateful for the wins and the experience and the leadership that he has shown here.

1:44.8

He will take the year off. He will decompress. But the Pittsburgh Steelers now embark upon their

1:50.3

first head coaching search in 19 years and only their fourth since 1969.

1:59.0

Good morning. Welcome to first take, everybody. I'm Shay Cornett and Stephen A told you. Mad Dog is out sick today. You know, all that hating on everybody is finally caught up to him. So he's going to be out. But we're going to hold down the fourth. Peter Trager's here. So is Marcus Spears. Good to see everybody. Was there any news yesterday? I don't know. Just a little bit that

2:18.0

happened in the NFL. Let's get right to it. We begin with the news, of course, that Mike Tomlin and his era in Pittsburgh has come to an end. So Tomlin, the longest tenured head coach in the NFL. At least he was this past season. In 19 seasons as head coach, Tomlin never had a losing season. He's tied with Bill Belichick for the second

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