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The MMQB NFL Podcast

Mike Tomlin OUT as Steelers Head Coach. What's Next?

The MMQB NFL Podcast

SI NFL

Sports, Football

3.9944 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Conor Orr and Albert Breer break down Mike Tomlin stepping down as Steelers head coach after 19 seasons, who the Steelers might look at to lead the team next, and what other interviews were conducted this week with highly sought after candidates across the league


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0:00.0

Hello, welcome to the MMPB NFL podcast, Emergency Edition with Albert Freer. I'm

0:11.3

Connor. That's fun to say, isn't it? I guess in our world, we never really get to do the,

0:17.3

like, Walter Cronkite, you know president uh was attempted to be a assassinated

0:23.1

Gerald Ford thing you know but uh but Mike Tomlin stepping down as head coach this year was

0:28.1

just kind of as close as it gets for us you know so we're just the nerds in the in the corner

0:32.3

of the news I I've been there before like and I I remember having to get on planes back in the day,

0:38.7

and something would happen and I have to drop everything. And that's not a lifestyle that

0:43.7

is very compatible to having three children. So it was, it was interesting when it while

0:50.3

lasted, the, uh, when your boss is looking online at flights for you. And there's no like,

0:57.8

well, you know, like maybe I'll take this five o'clock. I see a one 30 out of Logan that'll get you

1:02.6

into Appleton, Wisconsin by 6 p.m. Damn it. He saw it. So I got to go. The, um. I was thinking about this.

1:13.3

The last time I remember, and it happened with the Jets.

1:17.8

And so when I was at NFL Network and you were at NFL Network, I know that you got

1:22.2

dispatched there.

1:23.0

And I don't know if you were there already, but I remember seeing you there.

1:25.8

But the last time I was emergency dispatch because of a breaking story, I've been working for NFL network. So I wasn't at the Jets or the Giants buildings, but they said, you have to get to the Jets now. Can you guess what it was? Oof. You and I were there together. Big story. there to get okay um what I don't know

1:46.8

I don't know the firing of Rex the firing of Rex Ryan no weirder it was after Rex oh was it

1:54.1

um I was it um I was it was it I K. When Gino Smith got punched in the face, yeah.

2:03.4

I had to think of the guys, I.K. M.P.M. and Polly, right?

2:06.8

I was that right? I.K. and K. Polly or, yeah.

2:09.5

Yeah, I think that's where it was.

2:10.7

This is bigger, I promise.

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