Dave Dameshek

I think I'm not somebody who advocates to see other grownups get fired.

I certainly don't think the straw man argument, what do you think, they should fire Tomlin right now?

No.

Not before week nine.

No, I don't think they are going to fire him in the middle of the football season.

I do think this one feels different.

After the Russell Wilson experience last year, in which he was supposed to be the missing link, as sort of portrayed by Mike Tomlin, now we have the expected amnesia to then embrace Aaron Rodgers.

who has not been the problem this year, it's been the defense, a.k.a.

Mike Tomlin's specialty, his hand-picked pieces for that defense.

I do think if they don't make the playoffs this year, in a year that was sort of held up as a year to try and get over the hump, the weird standard that is, we've got to win a playoff game.

Okay, great, if you win in the wildcard round, the stink is off at that point?

I don't understand.

I could possibly see them...

I suspect, my hypothesis is, that the reason Art Tu, the current owner of the team, who is Dan Rooney's son, who is Art Rooney's grandson, the streak of Art Rooney and the Dan Rooney who picked Chuck Knoll and then Bill Cowher and then Mike Tomlin, that is a streak that has yielded three head coaches since 1969.

I don't know if you've ever heard about that before.

I think Art Tu understands, if I get rid of Mike Tomlin,

And then I'm responsible for hiring his replacement.

What if I make a mistake and hire someone like Adam Gase?

I will have destroyed this great familial streak.

I think that probably, I would be worried about that too.