Behind the Steel Curtain
The Steelers have had little success in Cleveland as of late.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are 8-2 after a hard-fought win over the Baltimore Ravens in Week 11. Now, on a short week, they will travel to Cleveland to face the 2-8 Browns on Thursday Night Football. And while the Steelers are the better team, history says this will be a game that they drop.
For starters, the Steelers are a mere 2-4-1 in Cleveland since 2017. Plus, playing on the road on a short week following a tough win over their arch rivals is a big factor to take into consideration here. As Alan Saunders of Steelers Now pointed out, Pittsburgh has never won a road divisional game on Thursday Night. Additionally, the Steelers are 2-8 on the road in Thursday night games under Tomlin.
We recently saw this very same matchup, when the Steelers travelled to Cleveland in Week 3 of the 2022 season where the Browns won convincingly by the score of 29-17. And while the offense is much better than that 2022 team, the hint of doubt still lingers as the Steelers will try to do something they’ve never done before.
So while the Steelers are on a five-game winning streak and are the better team on both sides of the ball, they won’t win every game - and this one has all the makings for a loss.
