In the days after yet another lopsided playoff loss, this one a 17-31 snow job vs. the Bills, any Steelers suspense that Mike Tomlin was going anywhere quickly evaporated. Steelers players had his back, and the Rooney family, which has employed just three head coaches since 1969, would soon have a multi-year contract extension ready. Various NFL insiders were tipped to these developments after Tomlin abruptly walked out of a postgame press conference just as a reporter posed a question about his future. Since then, all the hot takes that it was time for Tomlin to take a break or take his leave have turned cold. 

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