Mike DeFabo

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543 appearances 4 recordings 2 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 7 May

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The Pomp And Joe Show · 10AM - There is growing intrigue surrounding Mike McCarthy as Steelers head coach; Mike DeFabo joins to break down each Steelers head coaching candidate now · 21 Jan 2026 podcast

And then I looked at it, and Ejero Levero has been the defensive coordinator for three years.

And so he both was in charge of this really bad defense and also this dramatic turnaround.

Now...

evidently they do not have a lot of talent on that side of the ball.

And also their quarterback was turning the ball over a ton.

So I think that stats are skewed.

to a large degree in terms of like, if you're just looking raw numbers, he has a much better reputation league wide than he does statistics.

And he's been up for a number of coaching jobs in the past and was even blocked by David Tepper, the Carolina Panthers owner at one point from interviewing for other defensive coordinator jobs because they felt so strongly about him.

So he's very much like a guy that people believe in.

They like his personality.

They like his vision.

They like his leadership style.

And they think that that is much better than what he's done with a roster devoid of talent on that side of the ball or just lacking in talent on that side of the ball.

Yeah, I would give him C+.

I agree with you.

He kind of feels like Tomlin.

Maybe he's the guy that you didn't know a lot about.

You weren't really sold on him from his stats, but he comes in and all of a sudden wins the opening press conference, and you're like, now I understand.

My choice?

Oh, boy.

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