THE HERD - Hour 1 - Thoughts on Mike Tomlin stepping down, Steelers next move

The Herd with Colin Cowherd

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🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Colin Cowherd reacts to Mike Tomlin stepping down as head coach of the Steelers after 19 seasons. He discusses what the Steelers should consider when replacing him and why sitting out a season is a good thing for Tomlin before he returns to coaching.

Colin also explains what this means for Aaron Rodgers at 42 years old and if it’s time to retire.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
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0:23.8	This is the best of the herd with Colin Cowher on Fox Sports Radio.
0:31.3	Here we go.
0:33.4	Ready to roll.
0:35.0	It is a Wednesday.
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0:46.8	Former Steeler.
0:48.3	Great tenure.
0:49.8	A decade with the Steelers.
0:52.4	Jerome Bettis next hour.
0:55.4	So I was thinking about the Pittsburgh Steelers job opening.
0:58.5	Last hour of our show, Mike Tomlin stepped down.
1:02.6	And there's a lot of things they don't have.
1:06.0	A head coach, a quarterback for the future.
1:08.9	The defense is old.
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