Key Highlights
- bringing an end to his reign as the NFL's longest-tenured coach after nearly two decades without a losing season.
- Getty "Man, it was surprising," Parker told us on Tuesday.
- "I never would have thought that, you know, he would be stepping down right now as a Steelers head coach." Parker called Tomlin one of the National Football League's greatest coaches and said, despite all the criticism and chatter from this past season, MT has earned his flowers.
- Getty That said, Parker -- who ran for 5,378 yards and 24 rushing touchdowns in a six-year NFL career (three under Tomlin) -- believes Tomlin will coach again when he's ready.
- "Who wouldn't want a winner in the locker room?" Parker asked.
