Through some “only the Browns” magic, Cleveland moved inside the Pittsburgh 5 on the next play when Terrell Pryor beat Artie Burns on a double move only to see Isaiah Crowell fumble away the opportunity with 1:04 left. “They weren’t focused.’ No, we had to win that game”.
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The second-overall pick certainly isn’t bad, and the 49ers would secure that with no tiebreakers with a loss to Seattle. The Browns don’t necessarily feel the same way. He has played in 50 games, and yesterday’s was just the sixth sack of his career, but it may have been his best, short of the sack on Cam Newton in the third game of the 2014 season.
The return game has provided a spark in the last two games with Mario Alford.
“We’re still not sure (the franchise quarterback) is not on our team right now”, Jackson said. Instead, the Browns went full Browns and blew a game against a Pittsburgh Steelers team sitting Ben Roethlisberger, Le’Veon Bell, and Antonio Brown.
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Heinz Field. Will they take a new quarterback, or go with the best player available? “From a scheme standpoint, you still have to go out and play against what their scheme is”.
“I think we have the right people in place”, Haslam said.
We also noticed that Tomlin liberally platooned backup players who might soon be summoned from the bench in do-or-die circumstances of playoff competition. Still, it isn’t very promising to see how numerous supporting players on the Steelers’ roster ended up playing. Pittsburgh clinched the AFC North championship on Christmas day with their last second victory over the Baltimore Ravens.
Next week: The Steelers host the Dolphins in the AFC Wild Card Playoffs.
Pittsburgh had nothing to play for Sunday, so maybe that was a factor in the way they performed on defense.
“This game, you have to appreciate the game of football and respect the game of football”. We have a job to do this week.
“We haven’t established “the guy” at the position so we are going to look at all options, and we will continue to work to develop the guys that we have on our roster”, Brown said. “This is hurtful for the whole organization, not just me”. They are happy with the guys they got, including the two assets that will be used in 2017 and 2018 (draft picks).
Justin Gilbert‘s future with the Steelers depends on him having a big game against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.
Though the tweets of support from Griffin are encouraging, it’s hard to put a ton of stock into them. That is what sports is all about.
First off, he was injured to the point of needing the IR for most of the year, which must be a heavily weighed factor.
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If other previously injured linemen, namely guard Ramon Foster and tackle Marcus Gilbert, are eased back against the Browns, the Steelers have Brian Mihalik and Chris Hubbard ready to step in.
