As training camp got underway this week for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team decided to give head coach Mike Tomlin some short-term security with the upcoming 2019 season looming.
The Steelers inked Tomlin to a contract extension, but this time around it wasn't a long as anticipated. Pittsburgh only gave Tomlin a one-year extension rather than securing his long-term future with the team. The longtime Steelers was asked about the new extension on Thursday and didn't seem fazed by not getting more than one year, via Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk.
“Nothing,” Tomlin told reporters on Thursday. “I really don’t think a lot about it to be quite honest with you. I focus on the task at hand, and if you do that, contractual things take care of themselves.”
In today's NFL, long-term security as a head coach is not very common. Only a handful of coaches around the league have been able to stay with their respective teams on a long-term basis. Tomlin, however, is actually one of those coaches, but the team is in a bit of a transition period with no telling whether they'll still be a dominant force in the AFC.
During this NFL offseason, the Steelers have traded arguably their two best players in superstars Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell. With Brown now catching passes for the Oakland Raiders and Bell coming out of the backfield for the New York Jets, Pittsburgh will look different offensively and could potentially take a step back with the team's brass seemingly unwilling to pay Tomlin until they figure out what they have moving forward.
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