Tomlin Doesn’t Worry About Opponent’s Record: ‘I Don’t Delve Into That’

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The Pittsburgh Steelers opened the week as heavy road favorites over the Indianapolis Colts and as expected, that has fans of the team very nervous. In case you’ve already forgotten, the Steelers are currently 11-6 under head coach Mike Tomlin when favored by 7 or more points on the road and that sixth loss came earlier this season to the Chicago Bears. additionally, the Steelers lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars a few weeks later at home despite being 7.5-point favorites come kickoff time.

During his Tuesday press conference, Tomlin was essentially reminded that his teams over the years have quite frequently lost to teams they were heavily favored to beat. The Steelers head coach then proceeded to brush off the notion that he or his teams overlook seemingly inferior opponents.

“I’ve just never been one to be disrespectful of anybody that we compete against in the NFL,” Tomlin said. “I know records are what they are but I don’t delve into that. I respect everybody that we play. I think anytime that we step into a stadium people are capable of beating us. That’s just how it goes. We played Kansas City a year, or number of years ago and they might have been 1-5 or something. They maybe won 10, 11 games in a row after that. In hindsight, that wasn’t a bad football team but at the time it could be characterized as such.”

Last season, the Steelers played the colts in Indianapolis and come kickoff time of that contest they were 8-point road favorites. They went on to win that game 28-7.


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[ALLD]

Tomlin has proven he knows how to lose to inferior teams with losing records through lack of game planning to poor clock management and little discipline. Hopefully, he prepares the team for what could be BBs final SB run and takes it seriously.

[El-Gonzo Jackson]

Focus on what you can control and not the opponent. Respect everybody and fear nobody. The mentality has been around teams sports for years and is the same that John Wooden has written about in his book(s).

[GBMelBlount]

Obviously.