Ex-Steelers star criticizes Mike McCarthy head-coaching hire

Former Pittsburgh Steelers prima Le’Veon Bell was captious of the team’s determination to prosecute Mike McCarthy arsenic its adjacent caput manager aft Mike Tomlin stepped down earlier this month.

The Steelers announced the McCarthy prosecute connected Saturday. He had stops with the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys earlier coming to the Steelers. He was retired of the crippled during the 2025 play aft departing from Dallas pursuing 3 12-5 seasons from 2021-2023 and a 7-10 play successful 2024.

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Then-Pittsburgh Steelers moving backmost Le'Veon Bell successful a crippled for the achromatic and yellowish successful November 2018. (Charles LeClaire/USA TODAY Spors)

While McCarthy brings a Super Bowl pedigree to Pittsburgh, Bell made a prediction of however the 2026 play volition go.

"4-13 incoming .. but hey, astatine slightest Mike Tomlin isn’t the manager of the Steelers anymore right?" the ex-running backmost wrote connected X.

Tomlin was the caput manager of the Steelers from 2007 to 2025, replacing Bill Cowher, who was determination from 1992 to 2006. He won 1 Super Bowl with the squad successful 2008 and ne'er produced a losing play arsenic caput coach. He was 193-114-2 astatine the helm.

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Dallas Cowboys caput manager Mike McCarthy looks connected during the archetypal fractional against the Washington Commanders astatine AT&T Stadium connected Jan. 5, 2025. (Kevin Jairaj/Imagn Images)

"This enactment has been a immense portion of my beingness for galore years, and it has been an implicit grant to pb this team," Tomlin said successful a statement. "I americium profoundly grateful to Art Rooney II and the precocious Ambassador Rooney for their spot and support. I americium besides thankful to the players who gave everything they had each day, and to the coaches and unit whose committedness and dedication made this travel truthful meaningful.

"I privation to besides convey Steelers Nation. Your passion, loyalty, and precocious expectations correspond what makes this franchise genuinely special. Coaching successful Pittsburgh is dissimilar anyplace else, and I volition ever instrumentality large pridefulness successful having been a steward of this team.

"While this section comes to a close, my respect and emotion for the Pittsburgh Steelers volition ne'er change. I americium excited for what the aboriginal holds for this organization, and I volition everlastingly beryllium grateful for my clip coaching successful Pittsburgh."

Former Green Bay Packers caput manager Mike McCarthy waves during halftime of an NFL shot crippled against the Detroit Lions Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, successful Green Bay, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke, File)

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The Steelers volition person a clump of questions to code successful the offseason. It starts astatine backmost and whether Aaron Rodgers would privation to play again nether McCarthy. He is not nether declaration for 2026 and whitethorn determine to retire.

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