PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin went on a local radio station over the summer and said he believed the Pittsburgh Steelers defense could do “historic things” in 2025.

It's on a path to do just that, just not in the way the NFL's longest-tenured head coach or anyone else inside the organization imagined.

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