The Pittsburgh Steelers are always happy to beat the rival Baltimore Ravens, but they didn’t get much of a chance to celebrate Sunday’s win over Baltimore, because they had to turn around and get ready for Thursday night's game against another rival, the Cleveland Browns. Jim Wexell writes for 247sports.com , has covered the Steelers since 1995, and he joined 90.
5 WESA's Jeremy Scott to talk about Thursday's matchup. Jeremy Scott: Jim, the National Weather Service is calling for a rain/snow mix tonight in Cleveland. Does that somewhat neutralize the playing field? Jim Wexell: You know, I was going through my history book for things to write about, historically, with the Browns in their old matchup.
I came across a note from Vic Ketchman, my old boss, at the Standard-Observer in Irwin. He went on to national fame. He's a great writer.
Vic Ketchman wrote 'You can count on three things when you go to Cleveland: rain, fights, and vandalism.' So the rain is coming true and, you know, I'm not going to this game, but every time I do go to Cleveland, they give you the back row in a parking lot. And if you go a little far, you're going to plunge into Lake Erie.
And it is bleak. It is so bleak on that lake. So rain and fights and vandalism are accepted parts of it.
Scott: Well, we were waiting for it and we finally saw it on Sunday: a package for Justin Fields to play quarterback. Now, when he got into the game, they weren't in a situation where they wanted to pass the ball because.