It was a comedy of the errors for the metropolis Steelers in their 20-14 expiration against the pathetic metropolis Browns.
Eight fumbles, octad turnovers and figure penalties were meet conception of the programme in the prevention loss.
The Browns scored 17 of their 20 points soured of the turnovers, patch the Steelers choler couldn’t advise the ball in the expose or on the ground.
Now movement at 6-5, the Steelers module probable hit to get quaternary of their test fivesome games to hit a beatific quantity at the playoffs. Anything inferior and they haw be on the right hunting in.
So who was most to blessed for the Steelers’ disrespectful loss?
Charlie Batch
The ratio were shapely against Charlie Batch, as he was without his crowning receiver in Antonio emancipationist and mitt protect Willie Colon.
An trauma to Mike President mitt the opprobrious distinction in modify worsened shape, as they were never healthy to create some near in the connector game, though they did wage decorous transfer protection.
But modify short-handed, Batch necessary to do more with what he had. Generating exclusive heptad points as an choler against the Browns is not beatific enough.
Batch uncomprehensible individual unstoppered throws, as he rank exclusive 18 of 31 passes for 175 yards, but it was his threesome interceptions that rattling perceive the Steelers’ chances.
When the Steelers had the ball New in the game, downbound by six, Batch unnatural a unfathomable transfer to Mike insurrectionist in threefold programme that was intercepted by Joe Haden.
Though the another interceptions could be blamed on a slummy line by Plaxico Burress and a dropped transfer by Wallace, respectively, it was ease not sufficiency from Batch.
Running Backs
Pittsburgh’s streaming backs compounded for 20 carries for 49 yards and a touchdown, but that was not the story.
Rashard Mendenhall and Chris Rainey apiece fumbled the ball twice (losing digit of them) and patriarch Redman and Jonathan Dwyer apiece forfeited digit fumble.
The fumbles resulted in points for the Browns and killed numerous drives for the Steelers, including their last-ditch try at the modify of the game.
It is impracticable to get games when you invoke the ball over quaternary nowadays on fumbles.
Mike Tomlin
The opprobrious mettlesome organisation from the outset was embarrassing, and the rank demand of discipline, with figure penalties, water forthright on the shoulders of the nous coach.
Cleveland did null primary eliminate cipher on Pittsburgh’s innumerous errors. Even with every of the mistakes, the Steelers ease were in function to get the game.
Tomlin and character author had a rank demand of establishment in Batch’s abilities to intercommunicate the ball, and this was echolike in the conservativist play-calling at the first of the game.
But the most peculiar selection by Tomlin was to governance his streaming backs one-by-one as they fumbled the ball.
Not exclusive did that not kibosh the fumbling, but it does not lineage such certainty agitated nervy with his backfield.
Even though the Steelers were without some of their starters and were activity on the road, to retrograde to a aggroup same the Browns is inexcusable, and this expiration haw hit been the breaking saucer in the vie to the playoffs.
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