The air around Acrisure Stadium felt thick with history on Sunday afternoon, heavy with the sort of generational emotion only football can conjure. When Mike McCarthy was introduced as the 17th head coach in Pittsburgh Steelers history, it signaled more than just a new chapter—it sparked a full-circle homecoming. For a franchise built on grit, respect, and deep lineage, bringing in a Pittsburgh native who shares a profound mutual reverence for the organization's standard was