Mike Tomlin is not in a hurry to get back on the sideline.

The former Pittsburgh Steelers coach is expected to be a hot name when NFL teams start hiring again. On Wednesday, he said he has not thought about it at all.

"Haven't given one iota of thought about coaching," Tomlin said. "I'm sure that some of that's going to come up in a not-too-distant future, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it."

Loving the new view

Tomlin left Pittsburgh earlier this year after 19 seasons without a losing record. He joined NBC as a studio analyst on Football Night in America.

"It's awesome to be as close to the game as I am and be able to observe the game from a global perspective," he said. "I think when you're coaching, you block out a lot of the peripheral things during the NFL season."

He said he is still learning the job.

"I'm a novice, obviously," Tomlin said. "And so I've just been hyper-focused on getting better each and every week in terms of delivering information and delivering it in an educational and entertaining way."

His first Steelers game

This Sunday will be a big one. Tomlin will be on site in Cincinnati when the Steelers visit the Bengals for first place in the AFC North. It is the first Steelers game he has worked.

"I look forward to it because of the relationships," Tomlin said. He added that he is "capable of compartmentalizing" and getting "hyper-focused on the job."

"They have a job to do, I have a job to do. And so I'm sure everyone's going to be focused on the task at hand."