Haley out as Steelers offensive coordinator

“I have made the decision to not renew the contract for offensive coordinator Todd Haley”, Tomlin said in the statement issued by the team. Fichtner has served on Mike Tomlin’s staff since 2007. Roethlisberger said on Sunday that he would be back next season and has told his teammates that he wants to play for another three years, according to Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Jacksonville defensive tackle Malik Jackson didn’t take too kindly to having Pittsburgh Steelers safety Mike Mitchell verbally dismiss the Jaguars prior to their divisional-round game last weekend.

Ben Roethlisberger has said that the least amount of change the Steelers experience this offseason, the better. “We hadn’t stopped them convincingly enough, in my opinion”. And yet, Pittsburgh fell on their face at Heinz Field on Sunday, losing to the Jacksonville Jaguars 45-42.

But as my cousin “Mingletoe” from New Orleans used to say, “Like ah, can you dig what I am about to say?” (Apparently, reporters didn’t ask for non-coachspeak.) On Wednesday, the Steelers admitted that Haley’s future in Pittsburgh is nothing.

If anything, the Steelers seemed to thrive off adversity while going 13-4 and earning a second straight AFC North title.

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A Jacksonville bakery pulled off an expert-level troll by sending Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger seven turnovers.

Two other explosive, playmaking receivers (rookie JuJu Smith-Schuster and Martavis Bryant) and a couple of productive pass-catching tight ends (Jesse James and Vance McDonald). The guy has been around for 12 seasons and has garnered a Super Bowl win and another berth on top of it. Playoffs are still coming in yearly, but of course the knock is that the Patriots own them (and everybody else).

Regardless, a championship window with several star players closes for another year. “I’m not going to look past one year”.