Mike Tomlin's coach criticism makes him better TV analyst but raises question whether he's eyeing Cowboys job

And it could be he's winning so much that he's using the latter to return to the former.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.

This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.Tomlin on Sunday night did something most former-coaches-turned-broadcasters not named Rex Ryan rarely do: He criticized a current coach.SUPER BOWL-WINNING COACH MIKE TOMLIN LANDS NBC ROLE ON 'FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA' BROADCASTMike Tomlin and Mike Tirico appear at the 2026 NBCUniversal Upfront at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Monday, May 11, 2026.(Virginia Sherwood/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)Tomlin analyzed the end of the Baltimore Ravens 34-31 victory over the Dallas Cowboys and laid the loss at the feet of the coaching staff, which obviously is led by head coach Brian Schottenheimer."The sequence played by the Dallas Cowboys at the end of the game in Rio was somewhat negligent, to be quite honest with you," Tomlin said.Tomlin explained how a game that was tied at 31 with seven seconds remaining in regulation should not have turned into a loss until "strategically, Dallas helped [Baltimore] in that circumstance."How? The Cowboys' disaster began with the fact their kickoff went into the end zone for a touchback rather than remaining on the field, where precious seconds would have ticked off the clock."Baltimore gets the ball on the 35-yard-line, and they had this really significant play down the middle of the field to their No.

1 receiver, Zay Flowers," Tomlin said."But let's really analyze it for a minute.

Man, the Dallas Cowboys are playing outside leverage man-to-man."They got caught in some one-on-ones, Zay Flowers won, and they put them in position to kick that game-winning field goal."The ultimate decision on what coverage the defense plays and whether to avoid coverage that doesn't make sense, falls on Schottenheimer.DEBUT OF FORMER STEELERS ...