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By CHRIS EASTERLING
The Independent
Posted May 12, 2008 @ 10:54 PM
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CANTON, OH — championship this fall. Nobody associated with the team will say any differently, coming off a 10-6 season a year ago and an offseason which has seen the team as active as any in the NFL in upgrading through free agency or trades.
But those same people also know there remains one major hurdle for the Browns to get over in their quest to get that division title.
The Pittsburgh Steelers.
“As I think about winning the division, it comes to Pittsburgh a little bit,” Browns coach Romeo Crennel told the audience at Monday’s Hall of Fame Luncheon Club meeting at Tozzi’s on 12th. “We have to beat those guys. We have to beat those guys if we want to win the division.”
Cleveland has lost nine straight to the Steelers, including two of the last three in excruciating fashion where the Browns lost leads late in the game. The 31-28 loss in Heinz Field in Week 10 last November for all intents and purposes cost the Browns not just a playoff spot, but also the division crown.
Both teams finished the season with 10-6 records. The Steelers won the AFC North because of their 2-0 record against Cleveland.
“The last two years we were ahead of them and should have won the game, they came back and they beat us,” Crennel said. “Last year, we’re ahead – other than that first game (a 34-7 Steeler rout on opening day) – and we let them come back and they beat us. We know we can compete with them, we just have to finish the job. That’s what we’re looking forward to this year, to finishing the job.”
The Browns will get their first chance in the second game of the season on Sept. 14, when the Steelers come to Cleveland for a Sunday night showdown. The two teams will also wrap up the season on Dec. 28.
The Independent
Posted May 12, 2008 @ 10:54 PM
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CANTON, OH — championship this fall. Nobody associated with the team will say any differently, coming off a 10-6 season a year ago and an offseason which has seen the team as active as any in the NFL in upgrading through free agency or trades.
But those same people also know there remains one major hurdle for the Browns to get over in their quest to get that division title.
The Pittsburgh Steelers.
“As I think about winning the division, it comes to Pittsburgh a little bit,” Browns coach Romeo Crennel told the audience at Monday’s Hall of Fame Luncheon Club meeting at Tozzi’s on 12th. “We have to beat those guys. We have to beat those guys if we want to win the division.”
Cleveland has lost nine straight to the Steelers, including two of the last three in excruciating fashion where the Browns lost leads late in the game. The 31-28 loss in Heinz Field in Week 10 last November for all intents and purposes cost the Browns not just a playoff spot, but also the division crown.
Both teams finished the season with 10-6 records. The Steelers won the AFC North because of their 2-0 record against Cleveland.
“The last two years we were ahead of them and should have won the game, they came back and they beat us,” Crennel said. “Last year, we’re ahead – other than that first game (a 34-7 Steeler rout on opening day) – and we let them come back and they beat us. We know we can compete with them, we just have to finish the job. That’s what we’re looking forward to this year, to finishing the job.”
The Browns will get their first chance in the second game of the season on Sept. 14, when the Steelers come to Cleveland for a Sunday night showdown. The two teams will also wrap up the season on Dec. 28.
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