Internal motivation goes a long way in professional sports, and it sounds like the Cleveland Browns have plenty of it entering the Week 11 matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday at Cleveland Browns Stadium.
The last time the two teams met the Steelers emerged with an improbable 26-22 win on Monday Night Football in Week Two. They scored two defensive touchdowns thanks to a pick-six from outside linebacker Alex Highsmith on the first play of the game, and a fumble return for touchdown from outside linebacker T.J. Watt thanks to a Highsmith strip sack. Not only that, the Browns lost star running back Nick Chubb in the game after a tackle near the goal line from Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, tossing Cleveland’s season into question.