Obviously the loss didn't help his case when it comes to potentially winning the award, but Tomlin also made a series of questionable decisions that directly hurt his team's chanc

Mike Tomlin held court the day after the Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the Cleveland Browns. The great coach knew exactly how to respond to Antonio Brown’s social media post that he would play for the Steelers for free.

Instead of declining the penalty and forcing the Browns to either attempt a go-ahead field goal with 1:55 to play or go for it on fourth-and-2, Tomlin accepted the penalty. It backed up the Browns five yards but gave them another shot at a third down. Cleveland converted the third-and-7 try and scored the game-winning touchdown three plays later.