Another year, another disastrous road trip to Pittsburgh for the Cleveland Browns.
Cleveland played its annual game against the Steelers in Pittsburgh on Sunday and lost for the 23rd consecutive time.
That ties the NFL record for most consecutive regular-season road losses against one team in NFL history, as the Browns now join the Detroit Lions, who lost 23 consecutive road games to the Green Bay Packers from 1992 to 2014. It is fitting that the Lions are involved, as Detroit and Cleveland are the last
two NFL teams to go 0-16 in a season.
Perhaps the one saving grace is that the Browns will have to wait a year to claim the record for themselves.
It was all downhill from the start as the Browns turned the ball over on their first two offensive possessions and never were able to get anything going from there. Quarterback Deshaun Watson was sacked eight times, the running game totaled just 34 yards, and the Browns were just 4-of-13 on third down.
Basically, Cleveland looked like a team that had never played the game before. Which is par for the course when they face the Steelers on the road.
The loss drops the Browns to third place in the AFC North, and looking to pick up the pieces from an embarrassing afternoon.
It was also so very, very, exhausting.
There is not much more to say, so let’s just move on to today’s edition of the Daily Dawg Chow.
Dawgs By Nature
Cleveland Browns vs. Pittsburgh Steelers recap: Streak lives on, as Cleveland dominated and loses division lead (Chris Pokorny): They came. They saw. They got a whipping.
Browns, Steelers Week 8: 15 key takeaways from AFC North domination by PIT (Jared Mueller): The Browns lost in every possible definition of the word.
Browns TE Harold Fannin joins Hall of Famer after big day (Thomas Moore): If nothing else, at least Harold Fannin Jr. showed up ready to play.
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Cleveland Browns
Browns faced Steelers for AFC North lead. What were our instant thoughts? (Beacon Journal): It was bad. That is the thought.
Browns showed no poise when overwhelmed in Pittsburgh (Terry Pluto): They very much did not.
The Browns missed an opportunity to make a statement on Sunday against Steelers, did just the opposite (cleveland.com): Oh, they made a statement. Just not the one they were hoping to.
Steelers 27, Browns 6: Cleveland overmatched in 23rd straight regular-season loss in Pittsburgh (Browns Zone): Overmatched might be overly favorable to the Browns.
NFL
Who needs a quarterback? Bucs win again with defense and running game (Tampa Bay Times): Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers did something on Sunday the NFL has not seen in more than 50 years.
Ravens QB Lamar Jackson to undergo thumb surgery, will land on IR (Baltimore Beatdown): Things are not looking good for the Ravens and their paper MVP.
Will usually active Jets play or pass before trade deadline? (ESPN): The Jets are going nowhere again. Why not be sellers?
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