Mike Tomlin

So while we wait for Joe, one thing that I thought was pretty fascinating out of the Tomlin press conference was the communication and the relationship that he has with Aaron Rodgers.

And you saw there was an NFL Films clip that went pretty viral on Twitter yesterday of Rodgers and Tomlin embracing after the game right at midfield.

And Rodgers saying to Tomlin, thanks for bringing me here.

And he basically said in colorful words,

Like, are you kidding me?

Like, seriously?

Of course, this is why we brought you here.

And that's kind of been reiterated in Tomlin's words, and it's the truth.

This is why you bring Aaron Rodgers here for moments like this, for that Ravens game to lead a game-winning touchdown with 55 seconds left, and for a playoff game trying to break a streak of over eight years.

Mike Tomlin on his relationship with Aaron Rodgers, and I give them a lot of credit.

I remember writing and saying at the beginning of the year, man, I don't know if this is going to work.

When has a situation like this ever worked?

You have a coach who's been around forever, was great at the start, and has pretty much flatlined as far as winning big games, trying to recapture it 20 years, 19 years into his career with a 42-year-old quarterback.

So far, so good, right?

I mean, they won the division.

It got better late in the year.

They look like they're on an upswing headed into the playoffs.

Meanwhile...

I thought that we might have left the mongoose in a bad place there, Limits.

I just went back and re-listened to some of that.