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CLEVELAND – The Browns ended their run of 17 defeats on Sunday. Except that they did not win.
Cleveland ended their long losing streak with a 21-21 draw against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the opening game of Sunday's season. The last offensive game of the Browns was a 43-yard test by Zane Gonzalez, blocked by T.J. Steelers. Watt.
"A bitter feeling," said quarterback Tyrod Taylor.
"It feels like defeat," said goalkeeper Joel Bitonio, who had to block two players on the field, which allowed Watt to go inside to get a hand on the ball.
Neither team left the field happy.
"Yeah, it looks like a defeat," said Steelers defensive lineman Cam Heyward. "I'm sorry for using that kind of language, but if we settle for that, we'll be a terribly upset band."
Both missed goal attempts were in overtime, although Gonzalez's attempts were more dramatic, given the configuration. Thirteen seconds elapsed when the game was broken. A successful game would have given the Browns their first win since Christmas Eve 2016.
"I thought someone was offside on the other side," said Browns coach, Hue Jackson, about Artie Burns and Sean Davis, on the right side of the alignment of the Steelers. "Obviously, they did not call him."
The Steelers led 21-7 in the middle of the fourth quarter, but the Browns came back to score the last 14 points of the settlement. The Browns had five chances to win after winning the match and came closer only when Joe Schobert recovered a fumble caused by rookie Genard Avery within one minute of the end. Schobert returned the tackle at 14, but a penalty against Myles Garrett for locking in the back put the Browns back at 24.
"A bad game from me," said Garrett, who had a great match with two sacks, a tackle for loss and two forced fumbles.
It was the first game in the history of the Steelers-Browns (133 games, including the playoffs) and the first tie for the Browns since a 10-10 match with the Chiefs in 1989. 16 season. Or two seasons in which the Browns played 1-31 combined.
"I did not finish it," said Jackson. "Obviously, a tie, a tie."
The tie allowed the Browns to avoid an 18th consecutive loss in a franchise record, but the team's no-win series now stands at 624 days. And counting.
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