How is an NFL team surprised by this nowadays? It's not like this is 1988...well, it might be like that.
But unlike the Eagles, the Browns didn't run the no-huddle during the preseason, and the Steelers were caught off guard.
“It was a nice little curveball they threw in there,” safety Troy Polamalu said.
The Browns didn't use the no-huddle in the first half, and the offense was stagnant. They came out in the second half and ran it on 29 of their 40 plays. The Browns didn't plan to go to the no-huddle that much, but facing a 27-3 halftime deficit, Cleveland coach Mike Pettine figured to give it a try.
“Just a change-up,” Pettine said. “Forcing teams to think a little faster, getting lined up, getting some first downs. It gets them tired.”
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