BREAKING: Steelers CB Sends Strong Warning to Tomlin Haters

There is a huge member of the NFL community inside and outside of the Pittsburgh Steelers ecosystem who believes the Steelers should move on from head coach Mike Tomlin.

Another group, also fairly significant, supports keeping Tomlin, often citing the unknown of moving to a new head coach as reason enough to stick to what you already know.

One Steelers player who offered his insight into the situation as someone who has seen it go the other was was cornerback Donte Jackson. After spending a tumultuous six seasons with the Carolina Panthers, he offered some insight into how the idea of changing coaches can be harmful when he spoke to the media.

“The message to the Tomlin haters. I would just be like, ‘Be careful what you wish for.’ I’ve seen in my six years in Carolina, I’ve seen three coaches get fired during the season. Some guys go through their whole career and not see one head coach get fired, period. Not let alone during the season, bro. I’ve seen three get fired during the season, bro. That’s crazy. I’ve been under three interim head coaches. And in six seasons. That’s in six seasons.”

The counter to all this is the Steelers situation when they hired Tomlin. When Bill Cowher retired, the Steelers replaced a legend with a complete unknown in Tomlin with zero head coaching experience. That worked out pretty well so you cannot look at sticking with the bad you know for the unknown.