Mike Tomlin: The losing streak is my bag, not this team’s bag

Saturday night’s loss to the Ravens continued an unpleasant tradition for the Steelers.

The team’s last playoff win came in 2017 and they have now lost six straight postseason games. They were outscored by 96 points in those games, making the futility of the playoffs a point of discussion during coach Mike Tomlin’s postgame news conference.

Tomlin had said earlier in the week that the franchise’s playoff history was on him and not on the current roster. He repeated that after the 28-14 loss ended the Steelers’ season.

“Just me Evaluate what happened “Tonight,” Tomlin said. “Like I told you guys earlier in the week, these are my bags, not this team’s bags. And so my energy is on that group over there and what they were willing to offer and the journey we’ve had this year and it certainly ended disappointing tonight.”

Tomlin’s 18-year career with the Steelers has been a tremendous success. He is known to have never had a losing season and the Steelers have won one of the two Super Bowls he has played in since joining the franchise. The lack of success in the playoffs was just as undeniable as the positive signs, however, and there are likely to be questions about whether the Steelers need to try something new in order to get back to where they want to go in the postseason.