Mike Tomlin

routine as a neck injury and subsequent surgery can possibly be, but it's still a health concern going into next year.

Obviously, Dylan Cook has had some good string of games at left tackle.

That class, it'll be interesting to see how the chips fall there.

As much as I've liked Benton's improvement over the course of this year, I don't know that I'd be rushing to go out and sign him.

That's a position that commands a lot of money in today's NFL and

You've got Derek Harmon waiting in the wings to be kind of the Batman or the Robin to Cam Hayward's Batman.

And you've got Y.A.

Black, who can maybe develop into a starter based on some of what we saw in training camp and things of that nature.

So, yeah, we'll see with Benton.

I'd prioritize an extension for Joey Porter Jr.

over him still, I think.

That's a pretty good question moving forward.

Okay.

Brian, are you up for this?

A little homework assignment during our very brief intermission, because we are going to rank the AFC playoff quarterbacks and the AFC playoff coaches.

And I'll tell you, I've been trying to do this, well, while you were talking, and I'm having trouble.

Obviously, I'll just say the candidates.

The quarterbacks are C.J.

Stroud, Bo Nix, Trevor Lawrence, Rogers, Herbert, May, and Allen.

The coaches are Payton, Tomlin, Harbaugh, Vrabel, McDermott, Cohen, and Ryans.