Rodgers, Heyward back Tomlin, as Texans end Steelers' season - ESPN

PITTSBURGH — For the second time in six weeks, fans at Acrisure Stadium audibly called for Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin to be fired.

On Monday night, the «Fire Tomlin» chants started midway through the fourth quarter, as the Houston Texans turned a defensive slugfest into a blowout 30-6 loss in the AFC wild card round, handing the Steelers their seventh straight playoff loss.

While fans began streaming out of the stadium after the Texans went up 18 points on Woody Marks' 13-yard touchdown run, those who stayed behind relentlessly booed and called for Tomlin's dismissal over the final 3-and-a-half minutes of the Steelers' season.

Afterward, Tomlin was brief as he acknowledged the fans' frustration.

«When you don't get it done, words are cheap,» he said. «It's about what you do or you don't do. And so, I appreciate the question, but people talk too much in our business. You either do or you don't.»

With the loss, Tomlin became the first head coach in franchise history to go nine consecutive seasons between playoff wins. Though Tomlin has never had a losing season, his teams have lost their last seven postseason games and had six first-round exits.

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, though, was defiant and steadfast in his support of the 53-year-old coach, who clinched his 193rd regular-season win in the Week 18 win against the Baltimore Ravens. That milestone victory tied him with Hall of Fame coach Chuck Noll for ninth in all-time regular season wins.

«Mike T. has had more success than damn near anybody in the league for the last 19, 20 years,» Rodgers said. «And more than that though, when you have the right guy and the culture is right, you don't think about making a change, but there's a lot of pressure that comes