Steelers win, 31-28. If our special teams had not been so horrible, it would have been a blowout.
The Browns, though, true to form, can not win on the field, so throw a Hail Mary to… the Refs, hoping that an obvious touchdown to Miller in the final minutes of the game would be overturned. Not only was it clearly a touchdown, but now you blew two time-outs challenging it. Well played, morons. A time-out might have been handy on that last drive, ehh?
PS- All you Browns fans who were talking shit on forums all over telling us how this week it would be different, and that you weren’t the same team as you were the first time we met? Whatever- see you next year.
Oh, and btw- our QB rushed for more yardage (49) more than your entire team (40). Nice balanced offense you have there.
jcricket
So you’re objectively pro-Steelers? Sounds like you hate America (since Pittsburgh is clearly not a representative of the US of A).
Steve M
See you in Foxboro soon enough…
Peter ve
“Same Old Browns”?
Sorry, John. I grew up (outside Cleveland) with the “Old Browns”. These are the Same New Browns. Modell killed the Old Browns. That’s why I root for the Steelers and the Patsies now.
Bob In Pacifica
The same old Browns, or the same old new Browns, used lose by three touchdowns and finish around 2-14. These guys are getting closer.
I sure do wish the Niners had Big Ben, though. I think we’re stuck until somebody admits that our Alex Smith was the biggest #1 bust in NFL history.
And the Pats have our #1 pick next spring.
Go Niners! So to speak.
PR
Go Favre
Lee
so special teams don’t count, that’s not part of the
game, correct?
It’s true that the Browns aren’t up to the Steelers yet, but
after all, you won..
I’ll be back when you have your butts kicked all over Foxboro..
John Cole
So the Browns can’t get the refs to win this one, so now you have to resort to another proxy to beat us- the Patriots?
Pathetic.
jcricket
So here’s the question. Are the Patriots the only team spying via video camera? Or the only team to get caught.
I always wonder about the prevalence of stuff like that in pro sports (like sign stealing in baseball).
The Pirate
At least the Eagles managed to eke out a win over a Moss-less Redskins.
Andrew
Here’s what I don’t get about this stupid issue. If the Pats were video spying, then maybe it taints their previous seasons. But they’re obviously not video spying now, so their ass kicking is untainted by this issue. So wtf is Shula complaining about? Asterisk my arse.
Even more ridiculous, it’s perfectly acceptable to “spy” on signs with still pictures that are printed out on the sidelines during the game.
Bob In Pacifica
By acting the fool Shula’s just cutting into his sales of nutra system or whatever the crap is he’s pitching these days.
Doug H.
Nervous, John? Those footsteps you hear at your heels aren’t the Bungles and Ravens anymore.
John Cole
Yeah. Terrified. Do you even have a shot at the wildcard?
Doug H.
Looking at the rest of the AFC, I think we do.
Even so, its not about this year, not with the wet paper bag we call a defense.
Kit Smith
Seriously, John, with all the braggadocio coming from you, I’d have thought it would have been a repeat of the season opener. Instead, the Steelers managed to barely squeak out a win against the worst ranked defense in the league. Steely McBeam should be a bit concerned if that’s the best you’ve got… or maybe the Browns are actually getting better.
As for the wild card, yes, we’re still in contention for it. Tennessee and Jacksonville have the spots right now, but the Browns are right behind them with a schedule of the Ravens and the Bungles coming up next. I’d say we’ve still got a pretty good shot at the wild card, which isn’t so bad considering everything we’ve gone through since Art Modell screwed us over.
John Cole
Just so I am clear, you all are coming here and talking shit after losing to us again? You are here taling shit after your NINTH consecutive loss to us? After you have not beaten us in the entire second term of Bush’s presidency?
Cuz that is what it sure looks like.
gogiggs
I’d think a supporter of the team that won the Super Bowl in 2005 would think long and hard before talking about other teams depending on the refs, and then, after thinking long and hard, shut the hell up about refs.
The Steelers are a better team than the Browns. Everyone knows that. Barely beating a clearly inferior team on a missed FG at the end of regulation hardly seems like a reason for chest-beating.
And who here, beside you, John, is talking shit? Kit Smith and Doug H. both point out that the Browns have the leagues worst defense (ooh, such shit-talking). A couple people point out, in response to your question, that yes, the Browns do have a shot at the wild card. Which, obviously, they do. (OMG, the hubris of pointing out a mathematical fact!)
Your team won, you’re happy. That’s great. Why be a tool about it?
stickler
I know this is the worst kind of pedantry, but still:
What the hell did the apostrophe ever do to you? Why mistreat it in this agonizing way?
And you are teaching our children? America hangs its head in shame.
Jon
Refs gave the game to the Steelers. There was a clear interference on 3rd down on the first drive after the touchdown. Ward was blatantly holding on Roethlisberger’s run for a first on their3rd and long at the Browns 20 on their game-winning drive. And, let’s not mention that BS call on the Cribbs punt return that essentially gave the game to the Steelers.
What’s really sad is that the all-time series is tied, even though the Steelers have gone like 16 for 18 since the Browns reentered the NFL. We also have more titles than the Steelers historically. We are one of two pro football teams to have an undefeated season — 1946 in the superior AAFC (which the Browns proved in 1950 owned the NFL). The only expansion team in NFL history to win the NFL championship (1950). We had the best running back of all time (The only NFL player in the top 5 of ESPN’s all time greatest athletes). Historically, I’d take the Browns any day — we dominated the 50’s, 60’s and 80’s, owning hte Steelers in all those decades. Only the 70’s and the recent games against the expansion Browns have the Steelers shown anything on us.
So, in short, f the Steelers. We own you historically, and if not for the homefield refs handing you the game, we’d have owned you today.
Johno
Classy, Cole. Nine straight you take from us and still you must talk smack? What are you, a Yankees fan too??? I mean, I get that almost beating your guys means that the rivalry “exists” again – YAY! Cleveland’s not a charity case any more!!! w00t! – but this post is beneath you.
Ahem.
Congratulations on the win, the Steelers deserved it and definitely outplayed my Browns in the second half.I look forward to next year’s matchup. Good luck with the Patriots in the postseason.
John Cole
A.) This is Browns-Steelers, and you guys are acting like I am suppose to pretend this is a Wimbledon match-up and be classy and golf clap and the like. Piss off.
2.) The funniest thing in this whole thing is the refs didn’t cause the Browns to lose- but your coach sure as hell did. Had he not tried to overturn a clear and obvious touchdown with a cheap hail mary to the refs, you would have had two extra time-outs on the final drive. You wouldn’t have had to spike the ball twice, and might well have gotten into field goal range (the final kick was short- but it was straight and true).
The Browns just don’t know HOW to win the big games, and panicked. Again.
yet another jeff
Awww, to hell with you all…Go Cowboys!
Vlad
“I always wonder about the prevalence of stuff like that in pro sports (like sign stealing in baseball).”
Just wanted to throw this out there: organized cheating in baseball goes WAY back. For just one good example: In 1899, the Philadelphia Phillies were caught using an elaborate system to steal signs. They had a spotter in CF, who would relay the signs to third-base coach Cupid Childs by means of an electrical wire that would give him mild shocks in the foot. Arlie Latham and Tommy Corcoran discovered the trick when they noticed him unnecessarily standing in a puddle during a game, snuck into the park later that night after everyone had left, and dug up the wire.
Another oldie-but-goodie: Back in the days before there were outfield fences, Baltimore used to hide extra balls deep in the outfield grass, so that an outfielder could just head for the nearest ball rather than chasing all the way after long drives. They were found out when a game was played in the fog; after a long drive disappeared into the mists, all three outfielders threw a concealed ball back to the infield.
Ned Raggett
I’m just surprised the headline wasn’t “Heckuva Job, Brownsies”
Johno
Alright, you got us on the refs thing. And what the hell was Romeo thinking, with that challenge call?
But that don’t change the fact that Stillers nation is a bunch of thick-tongued mumblemouths who think baloney is for frying and are wholly responsible for inflicting upon us Rusted Root.
On the assets side of the balance sheet, “Steely McBeam” is a hell of a pr0n name. So you got that going for you.
HOO YEAH!
Bill Belichick
I loved the way the Steelers ran up the score. They only needed one point and yet there they were scoring 3. This ain’t your Father’s NFL, nuthin’ but a bunch of sensitive pony-tail panty waists is what it is. It warms the cockles of my heart to see there are still some real Men in this League, unlike those wussies populating the NFC East and other environs.
gogiggs
This is Browns-Steelers? Like fun it is. Browns-Steelers ended in 1995 when the Browns ended.
This isn’t Browns-Steelers. This is Blues Brothers 2000, this is NewsRadio with Jon Lovitz, this is Van Halen after David Lee Roth was booted and not even VH with Sammy Hagar, Van Halen with Gary Cherone. This is Rush Hour 4, except they replaced Jackie Chan with some guy dressed up like Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (that’s right, I made the Steelers Chris Tucker).
Browns-Steelers died 12 years ago, you just haven’t caught up yet. Then again, the Republican party died in 1980, when Reagan sold them out to the religious right, and you didn’t figure that out for another 25 years, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
"Fair and Balanced" Dave
Looking at the rest of the AFC, I think we do.
The Browns have a good shot at a Wild Card because of their schedule. Of their remaining 7 regular season games, they play only one team with a winning record (Buffalo).
11/18 @Ravens (4-5 and looking more pathetic each week)
11/25 Houston (4-5)
12/2 Arizona (4-5)
12/9 @NY Jets (1-8)
12/16 Buffalo (5-4)
12/23 @Bungles (3-6 I seriously doubt this will be an offensive shootout like the first game)
12/30 @49ers (2-6)
Right now both Jacksonville and Tennessee have better records (both are 6-3). However the remainder of Jacksonville’s schedule includes games against San Diego, Indianapolis, and the Steelers. Tennessee’s has only two teams with winning records remaining on their schedule: San Diego and Indianapolis.
Buffalo has the same record as the Browns, 5-4. However of the 4 potential AFC Wild Card teams, Buffalo has by far the toughest schedule ahead including New England next weekend, Jacksonville the following week, and the Skins the week after that. In fact, all but two of the remaining games on Buffalo’s schedule are against teams with winning records.
zzyzx
Sorry for everyone else, but it looks like the massive windstorm is going to hit here around noon instead of around 4. That pretty much eliminates the chance of watching MNF being played in a tropical storm.
OTOH, it’s probably better for the Hawks this way since we have no running game.
4jkb4ia
One of those three Browns victories in a row was against the Rams. Already this was suspicious. However, I believe Derek Anderson is for real.