Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Justin Fields did a lot of positive things, but Mike Tomlin poured cold water on it.

“Whether it’s Smith or Tomlin, these ultraconservative game plans to start games are getting old,” wrote Fittipaldo. “The defenses know exactly what’s coming, and Smith had no answers, at least in the first halves of these games.” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Ray Fittipaldo gave Tomlin an F grade for his Week 4 performance.

The national media bleats endlessly about Mike Tomlin’s status as one of the NFL’s premier coaches. As I write this, he’s likely getting credit for the Steelers coming back from a 17-0 deficit to have a chance to beat Indianapolis at the death: “A Tomlin team never quits.