Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin: No Quick Fix For Team's Awful Start

PITTSBURGH, PA — Fresh off the team's worst loss since 1989 and the owner of a 1-4 record that ranks among the NFL's worst, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin on Tuesday warned there is no immediate solution available to turn things around.

"There are no quick fixes. It's not going to be based off one good performance or good plan," he said at his weekly news conference. "We keep working our tails off. We didn't dig ourselves into this circumstance in one day, so we're not going to dig ourselves out of this in one day or one
performance."

The Steelers were pummeled 38-3 by the Buffalo Bills on Sunday in the ugliest loss of Tomlin's head coaching career and the worst for the team since a 51-0 loss to the Cleveland Browns in 1989.

"We got handled," Tomlin said. "You have to acknowledge that."

Things don't get any easier for the Steelers this week as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers - led by Tom Brady, the greatest quarterback in NFL history - come to Acrisure Stadium on Sunday.

Complicating matters are the bevy of injuries Steelers are battling. Cornerback Cam Sutton likely will not play because of a hamstring injury; tight end Pat Freiermuth has a concussion; tight end Zach Gentry has a knee injury; cornerback Levi Wallace is in concussion protocol; cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon has a hamstring injury;and defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi has a back injury.

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