Mike Tomlin’s Future, Lamar’s Leadership, and a New Era in College Football
3 and Out with John Middlekauff
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of 3 & Out with John Middlekauff, John dives into what the future could look like for Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers as questions swirl around the franchise’s direction. He breaks down how Lamar Jackson continues to lead both on and off the field and what makes him one of the NFL’s most respected players. Plus, John discusses how the entire landscape of college football has shifted, from NIL to GM's for college teams, and what it all means for the sport moving forward.
Finally, John answers your questions in this episode's mailbag segment.
04:38 - Mike Tomlin and the Steelers
13:44 - Lamar Jackson is a leader
23:42 - Changes in college football
39:31 - Mailbag
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:05.2 | The volume. |
| 0:18.9 | What is going on, everybody? How are we doing? John Middilcoff, The Rene Out Podcast. I'm doing great, |
| 0:25.9 | and I'm excited to talk a little football because my brain has been working today. And it kind of led me to the |
| 0:31.0 | AFC North. Have some thoughts on Mike Tomlin and the future of the Pittsburgh Steelers. I saw some |
| 0:36.5 | quotes from Lamar Jackson. |
| 0:38.5 | I was like, you know what? |
| 0:39.7 | I like that. |
| 0:40.4 | So I want to talk about something he said about the ping pong tables. |
| 0:44.2 | As well as college football. |
| 0:46.0 | And a growing industry that didn't recently exist that now does, |
| 0:49.8 | that I think more people that aren't quote unquote GMs or number twos in the NFL personnel world |
| 0:55.8 | should be all over. |
| 0:58.1 | And it's college football where money is flowing for their future GMs. |
| 1:03.3 | So we'll talk about that as well as the Middilkoff mailbag. |
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