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 · Mike DeFabo joins to break down each Steelers head coaching candidate · 21 Jan 2026 podcast

thought he would have to be carried out of there rather than resigning so i was as shocked or surprised as his players and i mean i first got wind of it on thursday leading up to it diana russini who does it for us tipped me off that she was hearing a lot of buzz to the point she said get your stories ready i asked some people in the organization who i trust and they said you are wasting your time you are poking around the law like tomlin is not going to leave

and laughed at me for even suggesting it.

So I think he I mean, I think he absolutely did leave on his own though.

I'm not putting on a tinfoil hat and saying he was forced out.

But it is I did not expect him to step down.

Well, so I was watching one of the games recently, the playoff game, and they said the Carolina Panthers have one of the biggest turnarounds defensively in NFL history.

They went from historically bad last year to halfway decent this year.

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+.

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