CLEVELAND: It’s difficult to decipher whether the Browns were crushed more thoroughly by the burden of being winless or the pass rush of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
They were pressing. They were pummeled. They were left with a record of 0-11 after Sunday’s 24-9 defeat in cold, windy conditions at FirstEnergy Stadium.
Mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, they must prevail in one of their final five games to avoid becoming just the second team in NFL history to finish 0-16.
“They are trying to win, and sometimes you start thinking you need to do more,” Browns coach Hue Jackson said.