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USA TODAY Sports The Chiefs do not want to hold Chase Claypool‘s beer. Last week, Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster stirred up the Browns with an unforced error that will resonate through the years in the Cleveland-Pittsburgh rivalry. This week, Claypool already has thrown some gasoline on...

Getty Images How much upheaval has there been on the Browns’ offensive line? So much that Baker Mayfield had never even met one of the linemen blocking for him on Sunday night. Mayfield revealed after the game that he had never met guard Blake Hance, who was signed last week off the Jets’...

Getty Images Now that the Browns have won their first playoff game since 1994, they have more work to do to plan for their divisional-round matchup with the Chiefs. Fortunately, those plans can include their head coach. In his Monday press conference, Kevin Stefanski said he should be back in...

USA TODAY Sports Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger‘s red eyes and wet cheeks said plenty about his future. His decision to linger on the bench long after the game ended said plenty about his future. When he met with the media via video conference after Sunday night’s playoff loss to the...

Getty Images Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is the unofficial president of a fairly exclusive club. Eighteen men have thrown for 500 or more yards in a regular-season game, and Roethlisberger had done it three times in the regular season, more than any other. On Sunday night...

Getty Images Pittsburgh’s JuJu Smith-Schuster claims he doesn’t regret saying “The Browns is the Browns” last week. But his comments undoubtedly provided motivation for Cleveland heading into Sunday’s playoff game. “Any talk like that is going to be disrespectful to anybody on any team,”...

USA Today Sports The Browns hadn’t won in Pittsburgh since the 2003 season. The Browns hadn’t appeared in the playoffs since the 2002 season. The Browns hadn’t won a playoff game since the 1994 season. You could say Sunday’s victory was a long time coming. While there were tense moments...

Getty Images Near the end of Sunday night’s playoff loss to the Browns, the image of Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger sitting alone of the bench screamed through the TV, “It’s over.” Whether it is or isn’t, or should be or shouldn’t, will be a subject of discussion and debate for weeks...

Getty Images Steelers coach Mike Tomlin all but waved a white flag of surrender when he sent his punting team on the field on fourth-and-1 near midfield while trailing 35-23 on Sunday night. But afterward, Tomlin defended the move. Tomlin cited trusting his defense and field position for the...

Getty Images Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster said last week that the Browns were the same team he plays every year and that “the Browns is the Browns” at the end of the day. Before Sunday night’s game, Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield made it clear with an Instagram post that those...

Getty Images Who could’ve seen this coming? The Browns took advantage of some sloppy play by the Steelers in the first half to go up 28-0 and lead 35-10 at halftime. It got started from the first snap, which went over the head of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and into the end zone. Browns...

Getty Images The Steelers have started to cut into the Browns’ considerable lead, making the score 35-16 with Eric Ebron‘s 17-yard, third-quarter touchdown. But a pair of injuries may make it harder for Pittsburgh to stop Cleveland long enough to really get back into the matchup. Linebacker...

Getty Images Which team only practiced once this week? The Steelers are off to a sloppy start and the Browns have taken advantage, going up 14-0 just over five minutes into the first quarter. After Pittsburgh’s disastrous high first snap that resulted in a Cleveland touchdown, the Browns got...

Getty Images The City of Cleveland might want to keep Kevin Stefanski in his basement. The Browns have now gotten out to a 28-0 lead following a pair of Kareem Hunt touchdowns. His first came midway through the first quarter with an 11-yard run. Hunt scored on first-and-10, after quarterback...

Getty Images The Browns are ahead by four touchdowns, but they may be without their right tackle for the rest of the game. Jack Conklin is questionable to return with a hamstring injury, the team announced. He had to exit the game with 9:27 left in the second quarter, following a run by Nick...

Getty Images Pay no attention to those tweets saying clearance already have been given to the Browns to play tonight in Pittsburgh. They are based on the fact that Saturday’s COVID-19 samples sent to an outside lab for testing came back negative. There’s still one more hurdle to clear before...

USA TODAY Sports The Browns have cleared the final COVID-related hurdle between them and Sunday night’s playoff game against the Steelers. That hurdle was Sunday morning point-of-care testing to ensure there were no new positive results among the group that traveled to Pittsburgh for the game...

Getty Images A year after the Texans were making headlines during the first week of the playoffs because they were, you know, playing, they’re making even more headlines this year by, you know, not playing. The hiring of Nick Caserio to be the team’s new General Manager lit the fuse on a...

USA TODAY Sports On Saturday night, NBC’s Mike Tirico worked the Buccaneers-Washington game from home. On Sunday afternoon, CBS’s Tony Romo will work the Bears-Saints game from home. Which got me thinking: So why can’t Browns coach Kevin Stefanski work from home? It would be easy to do. Give...

Getty Images The Browns got one starter back in their secondary for tomorrow’s game against the Steelers, but two others will remain out. Cleveland strong safety Ronnie Harrison has been activated from the COVID-19 reserve list, confirming suspicions that his previous test was a false...