As fans, we often fail to see players and coaches as human. We put them on a pedestal and blast them left and right when they make mistakes. They have feelings just like you and me.
Mike Tomlin is one of those coaches. And he wore his heart on his sleeve today when asked about the urgency of winning now, especially for a guy like Cam Heyward, who is nearing retirement.
The Steelers have been on the losing end in their seven postseason appearances in Heyward’s 13-year career.
“I always move with that urgency,” Tomlin shared in his season-end press conference. “I think you can point to guys like that annually that are deserving of being champions. You want them to have that taste.
“It’s probably one of my biggest regrets professionally that Maurkice Pouncey, for example, is not a world champion because that guy is. So that is a motivating factor for me certainly, but continually, it is.”
Pouncey, who entered the league one season before Heyward, was a rookie when Pittsburgh lost to the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV.
He didn’t get that Jerome Bettis storybook ending, and though it’s the ultimate goal for any team to hoist the Lombardi Trophy, it’s looking like Cam Heyward won’t have that honor.
