Cleveland celebra. The triumph in Pittsburgh, which was historic for the Ohio club, did not put in a good position to JuJu Smith-Schuster Regarding his statement from earlier days: “I think they are the same Browns I play against every year. They are faces without names. They have a couple of good players, but at the end of the day, I don’t know. The Browns are the Browns “.
Defensive end Myles Garrett admitted that the Steelers wide receiver’s words were an incentive to visitors to the final game of the Wild Card Weekend.
Several players in the Haslam family organization took advantage of the victory to answer Smith-Schuster.
“I don’t regret what I said”said the fourth-year player after the game. “I said the Browns are the Browns. They came to play a great game. There have been times when you lose some, win others, and today was not our night. Hopefully the same Browns appear before their next opponent, and do the same as tonight and have a great game, “he added.
Throughout the season, the possibility of Smith-Schuster not returning to Pittsburgh next year has been raised. His contract expires at the start of 2021 free agency in March, but the sprinter would like to continue on his only professional football team, he said.
Against Cleveland, the USC graduate had his only game with at least 10 receptions and 100 yards in the year. Caught 13 shipments of Ben Roethlisberger, who completed 47, for 157 yards and a touchdown.
The Steelers have Diontae Johnson, James Washington, and the novice receiver Chase Claypool.
The Browns finished 11-5 this season, equaling the team’s best since 1994, and their playoff win over the Steelers at Heinz Field was, in turn, their first in the postseason since that year, when Bill Belichick was star of the club.
Mike Tomlin acknowledges pittsburgh mistakes
After starting the season 11-0, the Steelers came downhill with three straight losses, and another to close out the regular season against the Browns.
A bad Steelers cross that led to Cleveland’s first touchdown of the game was the harbinger of things to come. Roethlisberger set records with 47 completions on 68 attempts for 501 yards, but mistakes like Maurkice Pouncey’s put the team in an undesirable position when it comes to advancing in January.
The team that started undefeated and stayed that way for three months was not the same at the end of the year, Mike Tomlin acknowledged. “We just didn’t do enough. We do not position them in good circumstances. We didn’t make the right plays, particularly at critical moments. We were a group that stayed out early “he commented. “We do not execute well, training, playing,” he added.
Now Tomlin is 8-8 in the postseason.
