Mike Tomlin has been clearly frustrated in plenty of press conferences since becoming head coach of the Steelers in 2007.

With Sunday’s 25-10 loss to the Chargers, another one can be added to the list.

“We stunk it up tonight,” Tomlin said.

Tomlin cited the offense’s poor performance on third down as a key issue. Pittsburgh started the game 0-of-9 in the category before finishing 2-of-11 after a garbage-time touchdown drive in the fourth quarter.

“You’re not going to win football games not converting third downs and losing the turnover battle,” Tomlin said. “We certainly were loose with the ball in several instances and didn’t convert enough third downs, and so that’s the end result. It’s nothing mystical about it.

“We’ll be back. We’ll be better — we have to be. But we certainly were

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