The light went dark, the crowd cheered and the Pittsburgh Steelers season came to and end. With eight years of no playoff wins, the Steelers enter an offseason with more questions, and louder noise than they ever have.

Tomlin is such a coaching force that he will never let the Steelers fall by the wayside. To Tomlin, being at the helm of a losing campaign would be unacceptable. It’d be a hit to his hallowed reputation. He is a coach crafted to be at the helm of a ready-made winner, nothing less. A rebuild isn’t worth his time.

They quickly trailed 21-0, and even with some gasps in the third quarter from the offense in the third quarter, this Steelers team just could now claw out of such a deficit. It is a team that was never built for a huge comeback, and the Steelers knew their fate the moment they went down.