Last last Mike Tomlin has been sacked.

Mike Tomlin was in no mood to talk about his future after Pittsburgh’s playoff loss Monday.

The Pittsburgh Steelers head coach declined to address his contract in his postgame news conference. In fact, he walked off the podium as soon as the subject was broached. Here’s Tomlin’s response when ESPN’s Brooke Pryor prefaced a question with “Mike, you have a year left on your contract:”

And that was that. Pryor didn’t get to ask her question, and the news conference was done.

Tomlin’s walkout took place in the aftermath of Pittsburgh’s 31-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills in a wild-card game. The loss ended the Steelers’ season after a 10-7 regular-season campaign saw them earn the AFC’s final playoff berth.

Tomlin’s future with the Steelers has been the subject of intense speculation throughout the season. When the Steelers were 7-7 and a long shot to make the playoffs with three weeks remaining in the regular season, there were grumblings that Tomlin might not keep his job. When Pittsburgh finished with three straight wins to make the playoffs, the conversation shifted to Tomlin being the one considering ending his Steelers tenure.

Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio reported last week that Tomlin plans to take a step back and make a decision about his future with the Steelers after talking with his family. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that people in the NFL believe Tomlin is considering moving on. Per the report, the Steelers want Tomlin to come back.

Adding fuel to the speculative fire is the fact that Tomlin is entering the final season of his contract for the first time in his career. The Steelers reportedly would like to extend him again, leaving the ball in his court.

He was not interested in addressing his future in the immediate aftermath of a playoff loss, Pittsburgh’s fifth straight. The Steelers’ last playoff win was in the divisional round over the Kansas City Chiefs after the 2016 season.

Tomlin just wrapped his 17th season with the Steelers, the longest-tenured head coach in the NFL following Bill Belichick’s departure from the New England Patriots. He’ll address his future with the team at some point this offseason. But that point wasn’t on Monday night.

Sunday evening, when he was repeatedly pressed for his feelings about the performance of his coaching staff in a playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones evaded any and all declarations. Apart from one.

His timeline.

Asked whether the Cowboys needed to move swiftly with any coaching determinations, Jones shrugged off the question. Pressed again on whether he felt pressure to get into the interviewing mix — with so many quality head coaches available, and so many other teams solidly down the road in their pursuits — Jones didn’t flinch.

“Those aren’t high-pressure situations — coaches,” Jones said.

“… [Interviewing is] no issue. That’s no issue at all, the fact that coaches have interviewed, not interviewed. I’m not being trite, but there’s what, 30 something coaches on 32 teams, so there’s a thousand coaches out here. … And that’s just the ones in the league, not the 10,000 that are out of the league. So there are a lot of coaches.”

He’s not wrong. But there is only one Bill Belichick. And if the Cowboys decide to part ways with head coach Mike McCarthy and pursue the former New England Patriots icon, Jones is going to have some competition. Including one member in the field who officially declared themselves Monday night, with the Atlanta Falcons announcing they had completed an interview with Belichick.

While the Falcons’ interview is believed to be in an exploratory stage for both Belichick and Atlanta owner Arthur Blank, it fits the high-profile coach that league sources say Blank is pursuing in his next hire. That fact — along with a Falcons roster that is lined with young talent — makes Atlanta a credible competitor for Belichick’s next landing spot. Particularly given that Blank is believed to be open to yielding personnel power to his next hire, too.

That said, the Cowboys remained in a holding pattern in the 24 hours after losing to the Packers, with Jones doing exit interviews with players on Monday and McCarthy also meeting with players and staff before departures into the offseason. On one hand, that’s a normal part of the process that would typically be a prelude to McCarthy being safe. On the other hand, Jones has taken his time with these decisions in the past, which could translate into a days or weeklong wait for definitive word on the future. For example, Jones waited a week after the 2019 season concluded to announce Dallas wouldn’t bring back head coach Jason Garrett, whose contract was set to expire just days later.

While Jones takes his time with McCarthy’s future, the rest of the league is moving swiftly with interviews that could quickly impact the number of openings and the options available to the Cowboys if Jones decides to go that route. A good showcase of this is Dallas defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, who will have four head coaching interviews in the books by the end of the week, with Zoom meetings already locked in with the Carolina Panthers and Tennessee Titans on Wednesday, the Washington Commanders on Thursday and the Los Angeles Chargers on Friday.

But until Jones or the organization makes a definitive declaration, the Belichick speculation will continue. Eventually, it could go beyond Belichick. For now, Jones isn’t speaking, including skipping his typical Tuesday radio appearance on the team’s flagship station, a season staple of Cowboys information. Jones’ obligation to that spot ends after the Cowboys’ season concludes, but he has made appearances in the past following the ends of seasons to have a de facto wrap-up visit. Apparently that won’t be happening Tuesday, leaving open the door for even more speculation.

But this is Jerry Jones’ timeline, and he’s running it the way he sees fit. If the first 24 hours was any indication of how it’s going to run, we could be waiting a while for answers.

TAMPA, Fla. — Along the right wall of the locker room, four cubbies from the entrance, Jalen Hurts sat on a folding chair, his eyes red.

Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Brian Johnson sat on a folding chair to his quarterback’s left, comforting the fourth-year pro after his season ended three games earlier than last year’s — and amid a nose dive of six losses in the team’s last seven games.

In the wake of a 32-9 trouncing by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Eagles were, in some respects, shellshocked by their wild-card playoff exit on Monday.

In other respects, they seemed numb to their present, resigned to their future and acutely aware they are no longer living in their past. This team is no longer living in its Super Bowl era. It’s no longer the 10-1 darling atop the 2023 NFL standings. This Philadelphia team no longer even has the answers to win.

When trying to put a finger on what went wrong, they might as well have been using their quarterback’s dislocated one.

“It seemed like the f***ing wheel ran dry a little bit,” five-time Pro Bowl right tackle Lane Johnson said. “We had six weeks trying to offer you all explanations how we’re gonna fix it and we didn’t do s***.

“Sometimes you go out there and f*** around and find out. And we found out … [so] there’s gonna be lots of adjustments. There’s gonna be lots of changes. I don’t know what the future holds. We’ll see.