CLEVELAND, Ohio — Eight sacks. That’s the number that defined the Browns’ loss in Pittsburgh, and it’s a number that demands real accountability. But here’s where it gets complicated: figuring out exactly who deserves the blame.
After rewatching the film, Browns beat reporter Ashley Bastock offered a nuanced take on the Orange and Brown Talk podcast. “I actually think the blame was pretty evenly split between Deshaun or breakdowns in protection,” she said. It wasn’t one glaring issue. It was a collection of them.
Film analyst Lance Reisland went further and actually put numbers to it. “There’s eight sacks.