Be careful what you wish for, Cincinnati. It appears that Bengals LB Germaine Pratt is having a pretty boring, and obviously insecure, Week 12 bye week, as the AFC North linebacker is guaranteeing a Week 13 win against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Recently, Pratt and the Bengals have fallen under scrutiny for their awful performance through 11 games, sitting just one game away from last place in the AFC North standings, with a record of four wins and seven losses.

With the Bengals’ playoff hopes seemingly nonexistent, Pratt is holding on to the faint hope of a miracle finish in the...

Just when things looked like they were rolling for the Pittsburgh Steelers, having put together five straight wins and sitting in great shape at 8-2 on the season, things took a bit of a tough turn on Thursday night in Cleveland. Taking on the Browns during a short week on Thursday Night Football, and doing […]

Despite posting a passer rating of 116.7—his fourth consecutive game above 90 — Pittsburgh Steelers QB Russell Wilson faced criticism following his first loss as a starter.

Wilson was among the losers in Tyler Dragon’s winners and losers column for USA Today, where he wrote:

Wilson suffered his first loss as the Steelers’ starting QB despite producing his fourth straight game with a passer rating above 90 (116.7). The veteran quarterback is now 4-1 as Pittsburgh’s starter. He’s played well enough to keep his job.

A trend of Wilson’s this season is a shaky start, and the Week 12...

After the final whistle of the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers game on Thursday Night Football, CB Greg Newsome II and WR George Pickens ended up in a scuffle in the back of the end zone. Newsome was guarding Pickens on the final Hail Mary play, and they ended up out of the end zone […]

It’s been a strong season for Steelers punter Corliss Waitman, but that wasn’t the case in the snowy battle with the Cleveland Browns. He had one job, on one punt — his biggest moment of the season and whiffed.

Late in the second quarter, with Pittsburgh pinned deep in their territory, Waitman shanked a punt for 15 yards, giving Cleveland prime field position at the 45-yard line. The Browns capitalized, driving for the game-winning touchdown after the Steelers had taken a 19-18 thrilling lead in the third quarter.

Waitman has otherwise been one of the Steelers’ most consistent weapons this...

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CLEVELAND — The Pittsburgh Steelers were 24-19 losers to the Cleveland Browns on Thursday, but if you ask Steelers wide receiver George Pickens, he doesn’t think the Browns had much to do with it. Pickens blamed the conditions and the officials for the Steelers’ setback, their fifth loss in the last seven in Cleveland.

“The conditions were so bad,” Pickens said when asked about a third-quarter missed connection between him and Russell Wilson. “I don’t even think the QB could...

After deploying it for three snaps on Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers subbed off Russell Wilson and used the Justin Fields package even more on Thursday. Unfortunately, it’s effectiveness varied and it wasn’t enough of a spark to propel Pittsburgh to a road victory. Despite the loss and plenty of questions that stem from it, Russell […]

The Steelers beat themselves more than the Browns beat them

It’s not that the Steelers lost to the Browns, it’s how they lost - shortcomings on the defensive side of the ball, awful execution in short-yardage situations, and several questionable coaching decisions.

Now, if you read the staff picks, you know I picked the Browns to win. The Steelers had never won a road divisional game on Thursday night games, and they were coming off their toughest test of the season against the Ravens in a hard-fought game. Additionally, they had won five straight and were due for a loss....

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Cleveland Browns All-Pro edge rusher Myles Garrett had a message for T.J. Watt after Thursday night’s 24-19 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers at Huntington Bank Field.

“I’m number 1. That’s from edge 1 to Defensive Player of the Year. I’m the guy,” Garrett said in his post-game interview with Amazon Prime. “That runs through me. There’s no other person being schemed or planned against like I am. It just shows, you can throw that out the window. I’m gonna find...

There was some confusion late in the fourth quarter after the Cleveland Browns failed to convert a 3rd and 2 and were called for illegal touching. The Steelers opted to accept the penalty instead of forcing the Browns to go for it on fourth down trailing 19-18. Cleveland converted on 3rd and 7 on a […]

Thursday Night Football was anything but good for the Pittsburgh Steelers. After beating the Baltimore Ravens, they had plenty of momentum, but it didn’t seem like they could do anything right against the Cleveland Browns. The Steelers eventually made it a closer game, but they came out of the gate slow as molasses. Mike Tomlin […]