THE TAKE
"I expect failure. I hate to say it, failure. In that, I think this will be the first losing season in Mike Tomlin's career… I don't like the way Rodgers dragged this thing out, made it about himself."
BOLDNESS
72/100
GRADE
5/100
PLAYERS / TEAMS
Aaron Rodgers
GRADING CRITERIA
Take is TRUE if the Pittsburgh Steelers finish the 2025 NFL regular season with a losing record (fewer than 8 wins in a 17-game season, i.e., 8 wins or fewer with losses exceeding wins), marking Mike Tomlin's first losing season as head coach; the Rodgers criticism is an opinion and not separately gradable.
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OUTCOME
CONFIRMED FALSEThe Pittsburgh Steelers finished the 2025 NFL regular season with a 10-7 record, winning the AFC North and making the playoffs for a third consecutive season. Mike Tomlin never had a losing season in his 19-year tenure, retiring after a Wild Card loss to the Houston Texans. Broussard's core prediction — a losing record for Tomlin — was definitively wrong.