I knew that we’d beat the Browns, but I didn’t think the Bills would beat the Jets.
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“It’s been a tough, 16-week fight for us, but we’re where we want to be”, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. However, after Pittsburgh defeated the Browns, 28-12, on Sunday and also got help from the Bills in-order to make the playoffs for the second year in a row, hopefully an appreciation for just making the postseason is front-and-center in your thoughts. Pettine is 10-22 in two seasons.
As much as the Browns were beaten, it meant nothing for the Steelers unless the Bills held on.
“We’re excited because after we knew we had this one”, said Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
In the Steelers game against the Oakland Raiders, Roethlisberger again had a deep pass incompletion on a third and short and on this one he overthrew Brown, who had clearly beaten his defender.
The 10-6 Steelers have gone 6-2 over the last eight weeks.
Foster said he thought Pittsburgh had Cleveland with 7:40 left in the Steelers’ game, after they crammed Moats’ fumble recovery, an instant Markus Wheaton touchdown, Anthony Chickillo forcing a fumble on the ensuing kickoff and a 21-yard field goal into less than three and a half minutes. They are the first team since the 1970 Cincinnati Bengals to start 1-5 and reach the playoffs.
Before I get into how the Steelers defense played, I’d like to send a fist bump to the Buffalo Bills & BuffaLowDown. The Browns haven’t been to the playoffs since 2002, and have undergone five changes to their coach and GM since 2008.
Antonio Brown: He was the team’s MVP for this ridiculous stat line – 136 catches, 1,834 yards, 10 receiving touchdowns.
“We were in the position previous year, made the playoffs, and lost in the first round”, linebacker Arthur Moats said. “We continue to stay together no matter what people say”.
There was some possible bad news for the Steelers because halfback DeAngelo Williams left the game with a right ankle injury. Tomlin said Williams will have to be evaluated and that the extent of the injury is unknown.
Haslam will immediately begin the search for a new coach, Cleveland’s eighth since 1999.
Haslam also promoted Sashi Brown, formerly executive vice president/general counsel, as his director of football operations with control over the 53-man roster. Crowder had four catches for 99 yards, matching Hall of Famer Art Monk for the second-most catches by a rookie in team history…. The polarizing QB was reportedly spotted in Las Vegas instead of being with his teammates for the finale, not a good look for the 23-year-old or the Browns. Yes, the sack total is impressive, and the unit had four takeaways on Sunday to add to a double-digit fumbles recovered and passes intercepted on the season.
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It was not Manziel under center for the Browns today, it was Austin Davis.
