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The Kevin Sheehan Show

Nick Farabaugh talks Mike Tomlin stepping down as HC & how the Steelers will go about replacing him

The Kevin Sheehan Show

Audacy

Sports, News

4.7697 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

1.14.26, Nick Farabaugh from Penn Live joins The Kevin Sheehan Show to discuss Mike Tomlin stepping down as the Steelers’ head coach and what are the next steps to replace him.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Mike Tomlin, 19 years in Pittsburgh, Bill Cowher and Chuck Noel, three coaches since 68, crazy.

0:10.4

I don't know if it was shocking news, I think some expected it.

0:14.1

Nick Faribaw covers the Steelers for Penn Live.

0:17.5

You can follow Nick on X on Twitter at Faribaw FB. Before we get to Tomlin,

0:24.2

I don't know how you guys felt as Steelers people watching Monday night, but I said earlier,

0:29.5

I'm not sure Lombardi and Marino as a combination would have done much against Houston's

0:35.7

defense on Monday night.

0:41.3

What were the big takeaways after losing 30 to 6?

0:48.8

I think the big takeaway, Kevin, is just the actual talent differential between those two units.

0:55.5

I mean, the Steelers' offensive to Steelers' defense, I can't remember a unit mismatch we have seen bigger than that in a playoff game in quite some time. I'll just say that. Because I mean, you just saw the

1:00.7

speed, the physicality that the Texans had. It's star after star, after star, then you look at

1:06.0

the Steelers often and said, sure, you have Rogers. He's a star of the past, but metcats more

1:10.5

of a two than a one. The offensive line is young and promising, but it's still young. Meanwhile, you have Daniel Hunter and Will Anderson, who are full-fledged stars. That's what I took away from that was the students got thoroughly out match, just talent-wise. Before they even took the field, it would have taken a Herculean effort

1:28.3

for that offense to crack through. And it highlights a lot of problems they have, just talent-wise,

1:33.7

personnel-wise. But I thought most of the loss was not on coaching in that game. I thought

1:39.4

it was more so the personnel just being so thoroughly outmatched on the offensive side of the

1:43.9

football.

1:44.8

Yeah, no doubt.

1:45.6

You know, there was, you know, whenever you look at watch these games and you're into them,

1:50.1

and I actually bet the Steelers Monday night plus the three, but I've got a futures wager on

1:56.9

Houston, so I was kind of hoping for like a Houston one or two point win.

2:00.3

That aside,

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