Jack Sawyer Calls Out Steelers Fans Over 'Fire Tomlin' Chant
The Pittsburgh Steelers are reeling once again following another embarrassing loss. The season is quickly slipping out of the Steelers' hands, and the fanbase has responded with vitriol toward the roster and head coach Mike Tomlin. Things reached a fever pitch during their Week 13 loss, as the fanbase hurled "Fire Tomlin!" chants down on the team.
Following the loss, the Steelers players quickly came to their coach's defense. Leaders like Aaron Rodgers and T.J. Watt spoke about accountability in the locker room and defended Tomlin's coaching abilities and command of the team.
Even rookie linebacker Jack Sawyer took issue with the fans' jeering and blaming of Tomlin. Speaking postgame, he said the players are the ones to blame for not performing, and the coach shouldn't be scapegoated. He even went so far as to describe the calls for Tomlin as "BS."
“Yeah, you’re frustrated because that’s BS when people are saying that, but we’re not playing up to our standard," Sawyer said. "We need to take ownership as players and go out there and play a lot better."
Who is to Blame?
While the Steelers' locker room might not think Tomlin is the problem, that opinion isn't shared outside of that room. The fact of the matter is that this team was built entirely in Tomlin's image and making. The defensive moves to acquire Jalen Ramsey and Darius Slay were supposed to fix their secondary. It didn't.
They brought in Tomlin's hand-picked starting quarterback in a washed up version of Aaron Rodgers. They swapped out a problematic figure in George Pickens for DK Metcalf at wide receiver. It's led to their offense being just as pedestrian as it has been since Ben Roethlisberger retired.
Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner
Yes, the players have failed and need to be better. Watt has gone from elite to just good. Alex Highsmith can't stay on the field. Metcalf's dropped passes issue has resurfaced with a vengeance in 2025. Ramsey has taken a step back. The running backs, Jaylen Warren and Kenny Gainwell, are doing their best with nothing to work with. There's plenty of blame worth lobbing on the players in the room.
But, ultimately, the buck stops with the head coach. If the entire roster is underperforming, who else is left to blame? Jack Sawyer might think it's "BS" to suggest firing Tomlin, but with nowhere left to turn, it's quickly becoming the Steelers' only option.
Jameson Williams: Lions Know How to Attack Cowboys Defense
Detroit Lions wideout Jameson Williams has been one of the team’s most dynamic playmakers throughout the 2025 season. And his Thanksgiving Day performance against the Green Bay Packers only furthered that reality: seven receptions, 144 yards and a touchdown. It marked the third 100-plus-yard outing of his season.
The Lions’ record, now 7-5, and their unenviable spot in the NFC playoff race leave little room for error the remainder of the season.
And things don’t get any easier for Dan Campbell’s squad, with a primetime showdown looming with the red-hot Dallas Cowboys Thursday night at Ford Field.
The Cowboys, winners of three straight games, are surging and are coming off a 31-28 triumph over the Kansas City Chiefs on Thanksgiving. Dak Prescott & Co. also beat the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles the week prior (24-21).
A hotly contested has turned the Lions’ Week 14 matchup with Dallas into a virtual must-win battle between two teams sitting just outside the current playoff picture.
Additionally, Williams faces pressure to step up and fill the void created by the injury to Lions No. 1 wideout Amon-Ra St. Brown. St. Brown suffered an ankle ailment a week ago against Green Bay, and is expected to miss multiple weeks with the injury.
Even with the increased pressure now facing Williams and the heightened level of urgency for himself and his teammates, Williams seems unbothered.
“We’ve seen these guys two of my three or four years in the league, so we’ve seen these guys before and know what they can do and know these DBs,” Williams said of facing the Cowboys’ defense. “So, we know how to attack ‘em.
“But, that’s a huge shoutout to the coaches. They put in extra work for us and tell us what they see. And we do extra work too. We go back and forth with the coaches and find ways to attack these guys. We got a lot of ways to attack them, and on Thursday, it should be a good day on the offensive side.”
Williams also isn’t interested in the media’s narratives about him, whether about his emergence or the idea he might be “proving people wrong.” For him, the focus remains internal.
“I don’t really look into me proving people wrong. People are going to think what they want, regardless of what you do or don’t do. I just go out there and do my job the best I can,” Williams said.
On a short week with the season on the line, the Lions will be relying upon Williams to turn his painful drop into motivation for continued production.
Accepting responsibility for key drop
Despite being more involved in the offense and creating explosive plays, in Williams’ mind, all of it was insignificant after his crucial drop on a fourth-and-3 pass from Lions signal-caller Jared Goff early in the fourth quarter of the Week 13 affair.
With the Lions trailing, 31-21, and facing a pivotal fourth down at the Green Bay 21-yard line, Goff targeted Williams on a throw which landed slightly behind him.
While Goff took responsibility for the ball placement after the game, Williams saw it differently. In his media session with reporters Monday, he made it crystal clear the accountability rested solely on him.
“It’s a drop. That’s why I really did all that after the play,” Williams said. “No matter where the ball is at, as a receiver you got to make plays, and the blame don’t go on the quarterback. It goes on us, and that’s not even putting it down on my quarterback. I’m not even saying that. I’m saying it’s my fault — I dropped the ball.”
For Williams, the moment represented an opportunity lost – and not just for himself, but for the entire team.
“He gave me the opportunity. I just got to make the best of the opportunity and move the sticks for us,” the fourth-year receiver said. “I move the sticks right there — it could be a whole different game changer for us... It was a big play to me. No matter what happened in the game before that, you just got to look at the play right now, and I just got to make the best of that play and bring that one in for us.”
The drop overshadowed what was otherwise a strong showing from Williams.
He’s also had a relatively productive 2025 campaign thus far. He’s appeared in all 12 of Detroit’s games, compiling 38 receptions for 706 yards and six touchdowns.
