Needing only a win at Buffalo to clinch an AFC wild-card berth Sunday, the New York Jets instead fell to the Bills (and the Jets’ former head coach, Rex Ryan) and were then eliminated from playoff contention when the Steelers beat the Browns.
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Farmer, who joined the organization in March of 2013 as the assistant general manager before being promoted in February of 2014, was sacked before Sunday’s season-ending loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers that left the team with a 3-13 record. Two guys nobody has ever heard of that have only rushed for 64 yards on 22 carries this season.
Pettine was the team’s seventh full-time coach since 1999, and the team has changed coaches and GMs five times since 2008.
“We’re excited because after we knew we had this one”, said Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. “Mike and Ray understand”.
On the touchdown pass to Antonio Brown just before halftime, Toussaint helps out left guard Ramon Foster and flattens the defensive tackle giving Ben that half second he needed to get the ball to Antonio Brown.
“He’s a talented and hard-working guy”, said Tomlin about Toussaint.
“He sustained a minor injury that we wanted to help him to get through”, Tomlin said.
The Pittsburgh Steelers won their regular season finale against an AFC North Rival and advanced to the Wildcard Round of the NFL Playoffs.
Haslam will immediately begin the search for a new coach, Cleveland’s eighth since 1999. The Browns have hired Korn Ferry, an executive search firm, to assist with a quest that’s been as perplexing for Cleveland’s front office as the one for a franchise quarterback.
“We were in the position past year, made the playoffs, and lost in the first round”, linebacker Arthur Moats said. “I thought our guys did a solid job of rediscovering themselves and how we were going to attack and do what was necessary to win in that environment with what was at our disposal”. He’s an attorney and has been in the National Football League for 11 years – eight with Jacksonville and three with Cleveland.
“I’m not going to worry about what I’ve done”, Roethlisberger said.
After watching the Steelers’ season end from the other sideline last January, Toussaint knows what is at stake if he is thrust into the starting lineup. But the fact is in the two full seasons we’ve owned the team we’ve won seven games and three games, which is unacceptable. We can’t take this for granted.
Also like last season, if Williams can’t go, there’s not much depth behind him. “I feel like that’s why we were able to be successful out there”. They will play Baltimore, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Washington, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Miami and Indianapolis.
Once the Browns have their coach, they then hire a GM. “He displays that for us on a day-to-day basis, not only since he’s been called up and active, but when he was serving us in a scout team capacity when he was on the practice squad”.
The NFC playoff picture wasn’t clear until the exciting conclusion of Sunday Night Football, when the Minnesota Vikings held on to beat the Green Bay Packers 20-13 when Aaron Rodgers’s last second touchdown attempt faltered.
“It should be a topic of speculation, given what our results have been”, Pettine told reporters.
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“You want the opportunity”.
