2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season | |
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Head coach | Mike Tomlin |
General manager | Kevin Colbert |
Owner | The Rooney Family |
Home field | Heinz Field |
Results | |
Record | 10–6 |
Division place | 1st in AFC North |
Playoff finish | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Jaguars) 29–31 |
Pro Bowlers |
6
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AP All-Pros |
3
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Team MVP | James Harrison |
Team ROY | Daniel Sepulveda |
The 2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 75th season in the National Football League (NFL), after going 8-8 last season, and was the first under head coach Mike Tomlin. The Steelers finished the year at 10-6. However, they lost 31-29 at home to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Wildcard round.
Notable additions include; LaMarr Woodley, Lawrence Timmons, Daniel Sepulveda, William Gay.
The 2007 NFL Draft took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 28 and April 29, 2007. The Steelers selected eight players in six rounds.
This was the Steeler's first year without head coach Bill Cowher and their first year with new head coach Mike Tomlin. Bruce Arians was promoted to offensive coordinator and the defensive coordinator was Dick LeBeau. The quarterbacks coach was Ken Anderson. Keith Butler was the linebackers coach. The tight ends coach was James Daniel. Randy Fichtner was the wide receivers coach. The defensive backs coach was Ray Horton. Amos Jones and Bob Ligashesky were the special teams coaches. John Mitchell was the defensive line and assistant head coach. Kirby Wilson was the running backs coach. The offensive line coach was Larry Zierlein. The quality control coaches were Harold Goodwin for the offense and Lou Spanos for the defense. Garrett Giemont was the conditioning coordinator.