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‘Took Us Too Long To Warm Up:’ Mike Tomlin Understands Slow Start Hurt Steelers Against Browns

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Thursday Night Football was anything but good for the Pittsburgh Steelers. After beating the Baltimore Ravens, they had plenty of momentum, but it didn’t seem like they could do anything right against the Cleveland Browns. The Steelers eventually made it a closer game, but they came out of the gate slow as molasses. Mike Tomlin pointed to that as one of the biggest reasons his team lost.

“They made more plays over the course of 60 minutes than we did,” Tomlin said after the game via the team’s YouTube channel. “Obviously we gotta own our portions of it, particularly early on.