Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin isn’t one to beat around the bush. When NBC’s Melissa Stark interviewed him at the halfway point of week five Football on Sunday evenings In the game against the Dallas Cowboys, Tomlin lived up to his reputation.

The start of the game on Sunday evening was delayed. While the delay was due to lightning in the area of ​​Pittsburgh’s Acrisure Stadium, the lightning was accompanied by heavy rainfall. Therefore, it is not surprising that the game on Sunday was a bit sloppy. And while the Steelers forced two turnovers in the first half, they went into the locker room at halftime trailing 6-3.

After noting the “slow start on offense,” Stark’s first question to Tomlin was, “How do you carry it into the second half?”

“You know, we need to stop kicking ourselves,” Tomlin said. “No disrespect to the Cowboys, but one of those drives was interrupted by two penalties before the snap. We had a fumble that killed us in terms of field position in another series. So if we stop kicking ourselves, we can focus on theirs.”

“We need to stop kicking ourselves…If we stop kicking ourselves, we can focus on theirs.”

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The Steelers received the kickoff to open the second half and moved down the field on a six-play, 72-yard drive that culminated in their first touchdown of the game – a 16-yard touchdown pass from Justin Fields to Connor Heyward.

Perhaps Tomlin’s blunt message resonated with his team.

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