Mike Florio

You get to 22, you're still 21.

You get to 23 and it's like...

there's really no other number to aspire to.

There's no other good number out there.

Oh, that part of it is such a great story.

We rarely see that.

A guy coaching or playing for the team that he grew up rooting for, and Mike McCarthy oozes Pittsburgh.

You can hear it in every word that comes out of his mouth.

But at the same time, they got some work to do to get the Steelers fans on board with it.

And I think at the core, and I've been thinking about this for a few days, and I'm in Steelers country.

I'm 100 miles south of Akershire Stadium right now.

A lot of Steelers fans around.

They were all perplexed.

And I think that the core is...

They feel like they should be getting guys who are in demand.

And McCarthy hasn't exactly been a hot commodity.

John Harbaugh gets fired, they're lining up for a chance to hire him.

Teams that haven't fired their head coaches yet are calling John Harbaugh's agent to inquire as to whether or not he'd be interested.

McCarthy was fired, contract not renewed, however you want to apply.

When your contract's not renewed, you're fired.