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Mike Tomlin does know what he’s doing.
Steelers Twitter went mad when Mike Tomlin chose to let the game go into the two-minute warning in the fourth quarter, instead of using his first timeout. People were losing their minds talking about how anyone who knows football would’ve saved the clock.
Well, they were wrong. Tomlin knew he could trust his defense, and better yet, knew he could trust his struggling quarterback. A couple seconds wasn’t going to make-or-break this game, especially if they had another timeout to work with on offense.
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There’s always a method to the madness when it comes to Tomlin. He trusts his players more than most coaches in football, and it pays off more than it doesn’t. A smart coach would’ve taken the timeout and kept those 22 seconds. A trustworthy coach is putting all the marbles on the table and telling his guys they got this.