Mike Tomlin

And when you win nine straight games, there's usually a mode of operation, and it certainly is.

They're a group that takes very good care of the football as a collective.

I think they have 10 turnovers on the season.

That's number one in football.

I think they're number three with 27 takeaways on defense.

And so you talk about complementary football.

They got an offense that's the best in the world at securing it.

They got a defense that's third best at taking it away.

And I think that's the building blocks of nine consecutive wins.

I'll start first on offense.

I think the strength of the pack is the pack.

I think they've displayed that in a lot of ways over the course of the journey.

Certainly they went through an adjustment at the early stages of the season playing without Joe Mixon.

But they've certainly found a nice division of labor in Woody Marks and Mr. Chubb.

Those guys have done an awesome job in terms of dividing the labor up and running the ball for those guys.

As I mentioned, their ball security is top tier.

Neither one of those guys or no one in their backfield has put the ball on the ground this season.

They got some quality young eligibles in Higgins and Noel from Iowa State.

They've done a nice job of growing and evolving over the course of the season.

They're certainly assets to their passing game and