Only 14 NFL teams returned to work this week as the postseason gets underway. The Pittsburgh Steelers are one of them after just getting by the Baltimore Ravens in an instant classic on Sunday night.

Tomlin said he's "optimistic about (Watt's) potential inclusion in this game. We'll work him up throughout the course of week and let the amount of participation and the quality of participation be our guide in terms of whether or not he's a participant. But (I'm) certainly more optimistic this week than I have been in previous weeks."

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Mike Tomlin has been on the hot seat after the Pittsburgh Steelers' inconsistent 2025 campaign. He's been the coach of the team since 2007.

Of course, Metcalf's two-game league-mandated suspension forced the Steelers to find an alternative receiving threat for a wide receiver who took 52% of receiver targets, 51% of receiver receptions, 56% of receive yardage, and 50% of receiver touchdowns to the sideline with him.

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin claims he has no regrets about the team going to Marquez Valdes-Scantling multiple times on the final drive.

Pittsburgh Steelers' Mike Tomlin reacted to D.K. Metcalf engaging in an altercation with a Detroit Lions fan in Week 16.

The Steelers defense gave up a pair of long touchdown catches to Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers in the fourth quarter of Sunday night's game and that meant quarterback Aaron Rodgers had to come up with a pair of answers for the team to have a shot at winning the AFC North.