Brooke PryorDec 7, 2025, 06:55 PM ETCloseBrooke Pryor is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN who has covered the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2019. She previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and the University of Oklahoma for The Oklahoman. Follow on XEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsBALTIMORE -- Seven days after fans at Acrisure Stadium loudly chanted for him to be fired, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin blew a kiss to the camera as he walked off the field here with a 27-22 win against the Baltimore Ravens. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who completed 23 of 34 attempts for 284 yards with a passing touchdown and a rushing score, was blunt when asked what the win meant after the week the Steelers and Tomlin had since that loss to the Buffalo Bills."Means maybe you guys would shut the hell up for a week," the 42-year-old said with a smirk. The outside noise reached a fever pitch in the fourth quarter of the Week 13 loss to the Bills, but the players inside the locker room insisted they kept the calls for their head coach to lose his job outside of the building."We knew not to pay attention to any outside noise," said wide receiver DK Metcalf, who had a season-high 148 yards on seven receptions (12 targets). "Coach T is a great leader for us, and he's done nothing but take the bullets for us.
