Steelers HC Mike Tomlin taking slow and steady route with Kenny Pickett

This season has not gone according to plan for Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett. It has, however, gone much better for the team as a whole with a 6-3 record. Nevertheless, what Pickett has done through nine games doesn’t inspire confidence that this offense can keep pace with a team like the Kansas City Chiefs or Miami Dolphins.

On Tuesday, head coach Mike Tomlin addressed the media, and while he didn’t excuse his slow starts, he didn’t seem at all concerned with the trajectory Pickett and the offense is going.

Certainly man, we’re going to need more, particularly as this road narrows, but guys like Kenny and myself, man, we’re measured by wins and losses. He and I talk about that often and openly. We know what our jobs are, our jobs are to win and so that’s where we are. That’s where our focus is. I love the fact that he embraces that down in and down out are, there’s some things to work on certainly, but it’s not like we’re going to start on Wednesday working on those things. We’ve been working on those things and we will continue until we get the desired result.

Listening to Tomlin talk, it really feels like he’s accepted the premise that as long as the team is winning now, there is no urgency to improve. It remains to be seen if this style of play can lead the Steelers into a playoff run or not.