Go ahead and bash Mike Tomlin.

Consecutive non-winning seasons have much of the Steelers faithful calling for the head coach’s position to be severely scrutinized.

After all, this is a team that dropped games to the Minnesota Vikings and Oakland Raiders early in the year, two games the Steelers would dearly love to have back.

Criticize Tomlin for those losses if you like.

But the man deserves a ton of credit for the way he held his team together this year.

The 0-4 start was brutal, but the team had no running game during that stretch and its offensive line was shredded by injuries.

To enter Sunday’s season finale against Cleveland with a mathematical chance to make the playoffs — OK, a miniscule chance — is downright incredible.

The Steelers never stopped being competitive. They’ve won seven of their last 11 games, two of the losses being a two-point decision in Baltimore and a six-point loss to Miami.

Just look around the NFL at other teams that got off to rough starts.

The Houston Texans won their first two games, started losing and haven’t stopped. They’ve now dropped 13 in a row.

The Atlanta Falcons got off to a rough start and have faded to 4-11. The Washington Redskins did likewise and are now 3-12.

Remember how promisding things looked for the Cleveland Browns early in the season? They’re 4-11 now.

Tomlin had his team in the Super Bowl three years ago.

Now the team is restructuring and its offense — under heavily criticized offensive coordinator Todd Haley — has flourished late in the year.

Ben Roethlisberger isn’t getting sacked nearly as often as in the past, Antonio Brown is having a record-setting year at receiver and Le’Veon Bell is showing signs of being the best all-purpose back Pittsburgh has seen in a long time.

The Steelers haven’t had their All-Pro center all season and consistent tight end Heath Miller played at less than 100 percent after coming off major knee surgery.

This offense looks fine.

The defense will need some restructuring in the off-season. It needs to get younger and faster. Cam Heyward and Jarvis Jones are critical pieces there, as will be the early rounds of this year’’s draft.

Bottom line is, disaster has been averted this season and that credit should go to Tomlin. He refused to let his team’s ship sink.

It’s no secret that the Rooney family sticks by its head coaches. With only three head coaches since 1969, the Steelers are one of the most stable franchises in professional sports.

No coincidence.

No need to ride Mike Tomlin out of town.

He — and the Steelers — will be just fine.

John Enrietto is sports editor of the Butler Eagle