ON TODAY'S SCORECARD
Tomlin Time

For the first time in nearly two decades, and just the third time since Chuck Noll was hired in 1969, the Pittsburgh Steelers will be hiring a new head coach. 

Mike Tomlin’s tenure in the Steel City ended when he resigned as the Steelers’ head coach on Tuesday. With it he departs with a 193-114-2 record, 13 playoff appearances and a Super Bowl title with never a losing season in 19 years.

Of the four NFL head coaches who never had a losing season with 10 or more years at the helm, Tomlin leads the way with 19, followed by George Allen with 12, and Vince Lombardi and John Madden each with 10.

You can rest assured that Tomlin will have no problems whatsoever finding a new home.

The question remains, what coach will be hired to fill Tomlin’s shoes?

According to DraftKings they are:

• Chris Shula, Rams DC (+190), Brian Flories, Vikings DC (+400), Robert Saleh (49ers DC) +700, and Curt Cignetti, Indiana head coach (+750).

So, what happens to Aaron Rodgers, you ask?

Steelers owner/president Art Rooney II had this to say about the matter: “Aaron came here to play for Mike [Tomlin]. So, it will most likely affect his decision.”

In other words, “It’s been nice knowing you kid.”

I absolutely love digging up stuff like this...

On Jan. 27, 2007, the Steelers promoted 34-year-old Mike Tomlin from defensive coordinator to head coach after the retirement of Bill Cowher.

To get a sense of how long ago that is, here's what else was transpiring around that date…

• Peyton Manning had yet to win a Super Bowl.

• Lane Kiffin was announced as the new head coach of the Oakland Raiders four days earlier. He is now on his sixth different job since then.

• The Patriots had recently wrapped up a 16-0 regular season. You probably know what happened the next month.

• The top NFL Draft picks that year: JaMarcus Russell, Calvin Johnson, Joe Thomas. Two of them worked out.

• Barry Bonds had yet to become MLB's all-time home run leader.

• Stephen Curry and Tim Tebow were was freshmen at Davidson and Florida, respectively.

• Novak Djokovic was more than a year away from his first Grand Slam title.

• Usain Bolt was months from his first world championship medals.

• Apple announced the first iPhone the same month.

• Netflix, long known for DVD rentals through the mail, launched a video streaming service that month.

• The No. 1 song on the billboard charts that month? Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable."

• Barack Obama announced his first presidential campaign a month later.

• Martin Scorsese was on the verge of his first Academy Award for "The Departed."

All season long we watched as the top three teams in the NFC West laid waste to the rest of the NFL.

And now here we are, with the Seahawks, Rams and 49ers making up nearly half the remaining playoff field.

Exclusive club: The 2025 NFC West is just the fourth division in NFL history to send three teams to the Divisional Round, with Seattle earning the bye as the top seed and Los Angeles and San Francisco winning their Wild Card matchups. The other three:

• 1992 NFC East: The Cowboys, Eagles and Redskins all made the last eight, with Dallas ultimately winning Super Bowl XXVII and birthing a dynasty that would win three titles in four years.

• 1997 NFC Central: The NFC North predecessor sent the Vikings, Packers and Buccaneers to the Divisional Round. Green Bay fell just shy of winning back-to-back titles, losing to John Elway's Broncos in Super Bowl XXXII.

• 2022 NFC East: The most recent instance featured the Cowboys, Eagles and Giants in the final eight. This time, it was Philly that reached the Big Game, where they lost a heartbreaker to the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII.

And the one stat most don’t realize: The three-headed monster NFC West, the 49ers, Rams and Seahawks, went 6-6 against each other during the regular season… and 32-7 against everybody else, good for an .821 winning percentage.