Emptying the notebook with everything quiet on the NFL front …
• Video of Steelers coach Mike Tomlin addressing his team went viral last week—and it again illustrated the way he’s been able to remain effective over 16 seasons, a run that is now one year longer than Bill Cowher, his predecessor in Pittsburgh.
“It’s always good to acknowledge reasonable expectations,” Tomlin told his players. “I expect you to get better in all areas, man, whether it’s the knowledge relative to what it is you do, the maintenance, the preparation of your body, the understanding of the game, etc., etc., etc. You need to continually be a guy on the rise. That is a reasonable expectation.”
