Jason Whitlock Claims Mike Tomlin Exit Tied to “Side Woman Pregnant” Rumors as Steelers Name Mike McCarthy Head Coach

The Pittsburgh Steelers’ Mike Tomlin announced his stepping down as head coach after a humiliating wild-card loss to the Houston Texans.

Jason Whitlock Claims Mike Tomlin Exit Tied to “Side Woman Pregnant” Rumors as Steelers Name Mike McCarthy Head Coach

Mike Tomlin, Mike McCarthy, In circle: Jason Whitlock (Images via CNN/Imagn/Variety)

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The controversial sports journalist Jason Whitlock has made an explosive claim about Mike Tomlin amid parting ways with the Pittsburgh Steelers following a wild-card round loss to the Houston Texans. Whitlock asserted that the 53-year-old’s exit is tied to the recently surfaced rumors of an extramarital pregnancy.

In a scathing post on X, Whitlock linked the latest Pittsburgh Steelers update to the scandal. Whitlock claimed that the Steelers bringing in former Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys’ Mike McCarthy, as the new head coach in Pittsburgh screamed that Tomlin’s alleged affair was the reason why he was fired and not another playoff exit. He added that the Steelers “had no plan and no one in mind.”

The consensus in Pittsburgh is quite divided on the recent hire. With several young, promising candidates in the fray, a majority of the Steelers’ fans were hoping for a shift in their history of coaching hires. The Steelers only had four head coaches since 1969, including McCarthy now: Chuck Noll, Bill Cowher, and Mike Tomlin. Tomlin took over Cowher in 2007 and coached for nineteen seasons.

While Tomlin had kept the Steelers consistently a winning team, it only translated into a single Super Bowl. The pressure from fans due to yet another absence of a deep playoff run is still highly credited as the reason why Tomlin was removed from his post.

However, in recent days, speculation that the alleged extramarital pregnancy was the true catalyst for his departure has gained serious traction since influencer Harold White aired his thoughts in a video.

Mike Tomlin and Mike McCarthy have nearly identical records

Mike Tomlin has just one more season than Mike McCarthy as the head coach of an NFL team. Tomlin started as a wide receivers coach for VMI and joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as their defensive backs coach in 2001 after stints in Memphis, Arizona State, and Cincinnati.

Mike Tomlin
Mike Tomlin (Image via Imago)

Meanwhile, McCarthy started as a graduate assistant coach for the Fort Hayes Tigers before shifting to Pittsburgh. He joined the Kansas City Chiefs as an offensive quality control coach in 1993. He spent more than a decade in various positions before taking over as head coach in Green Bay in 2006. In 2006, Tomlin shifted from Tampa Bay to Minneapolis as the defensive coordinator. Tomlin took over in 2007.

Across the Packers and the Cowboys, McCarthy has 12 playoff appearances, the same as Tomlin in his 19 seasons with the Steelers. Each has led their team to one Super Bowl, Tomlin leading the Steelers to their sixth franchise title in 2008, and McCarthy winning the title two years later with the Packers. In the twelve playoffs, the McCarthy have a 11-11 record while the other has a 8-11 record.

The Tomlin-McCarthy career trajectory as a whole seems to be following the law of large numbers in a weird way of sorts. McCarthy has led the Packers to 6 division titles and the Cowboys to two, while Tomlin has a total of seven of those. The Pittsburgh Steelers quipped the Baltimore Ravens to second and finished atop the AFC North this year.

Tomlin boasts a 193-114 record with a .628 total win percentage. On the other hand, McCarthy 174-112 with .608. McCarthy has gone as high as a near-perfect season with a 15-1 finish in 2011. Tomlin’s best season figures were 12-4.

Now, Tomlin has kept the win percentage at or above .500 every season. McCarthy has had four seasons of .375, twice each with two of his franchises. The Packers had fired him after one of those. His last season with the Cowboys ended with a 7-10 record.

After the brief research and reflection, it is no wonder why fans have been calling out Art Rooney for installing a Mike Tomlin of a different race as head coach. All the Yellow and Black can do is wait, whether McCarthy proves the assumptions right, he’ll falter or he’ll lead Aaron Rodgers and the team to a surprising Super Bowl.

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