Whereas the Pittsburgh Steelers dropped a winnable sport to the Cleveland Browns, they did present resolve. They erased a 12-point deficit within the fourth quarter in wretched circumstances on the street, in spite of everything. Maybe that’s the reason they have been so mad, and annoyed in themselves, after the sport. That’s the takeaway from Shelby Cassesse of WPXI.
“I keep in mind it being simply lots of exhausted guys and there was lots of quiet gamers in there, lots of hanging heads, and this locker room couldn’t have been extra totally different”, she stated on The Black & Gold Expertise postgame present, contrasting this late Steelers loss to the one to the Cowboys earlier this season.
“I stood within the tunnel as the entire Steelers walked from the sphere to the locker room and fairly truthfully, they have been furious”, she added. “There have been lots of phrases that I clearly can’t say on TV. Simply lots of anger after this loss to be sincere with you”.
The truth that the Steelers misplaced to a bitter divisional rival actually didn’t cool their feelings. Tempers flared in the course of the sport a time or two, even to the ultimate whistle. On the final play, George Pickens discovered himself tussling with a Browns DB, which I’m certain can be a storyline.
Nevertheless it’s additionally the obstacles they overcame to get to that time, solely to blow it. In Dallas, the Steelers had the lead coming into the fourth quarter, and the 2 groups went forwards and backwards. The Cowboys, primarily, had the ball final. Not less than this time, the Steelers had an opportunity to toss the ball into the tip zone.
“After we walked into the locker room there have been lots of feelings that have been related throughout each side of the ball”, Cassesse stated of the Steelers’ locker room after shedding to the Browns. “This protection clearly prides itself on making the large play within the huge second. They only didn’t try this tonight. They know that. They stated that they usually really feel like that’s what in the end this sport got here all the way down to”.
She famous that lots of gamers on the Steelers’ offense appeared to be nonetheless processing the loss. Their focus was about shifting on, specializing in the Bengals, getting previous the struggles that put them in a 12-point gap within the first place. “That’s kind of the vibe proper now. There’s lots of frustration in that locker room and you would sense that with the fellows coming off the sphere as nicely”.
Even with all that, the Steelers are nonetheless 8-3, squarely in place for the third seed within the AFC playoffs. They management their divisional future, however in fact their margin for error has shrunken significantly. After successful 5 consecutive video games, although, it needed to finish sooner or later. I believe a part of the Steelers’ frustration stems from the truth that it led to Cleveland.
