That "smile-in-the-face-of-adversity mindset' Mike Tomlin referenced as a significant component of all that took place last Sunday against the Ravens wasn't arrived upon by accident.

It has been honed, mostly by a head coach who invariably sets a tone.

"Mike's the same guy every day," second-year offensive coordinator Arthur Smith observed on Thursday. "I've always appreciated Mike from afar.

"I love working for him."

Particularly in times such as last week, apparently.

The Steelers were coming off a disheartening home loss to Buffalo that dropped them to 6-6 on the season.

The natives at Acrisure Stadium were restless.

And Tomlin was a topic of daily debate in the national sports media.

Through it all Tomlin preserved and the Steelers, as they invariably always have, followed his

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