Deep down, you probably knew this was coming. As soon as the Baltimore Ravens put the finishing touches on the Packers in Green Bay last night, you could just kind of feel it. The Pittsburgh Steelers had everything to play for while the Cleveland Browns were playing out the string. What we got was another classic Mike Tomlin “play down to the competition” game that resulted in a 13-6 loss.
INSANE stat – Steelers are winless (0-4-1) in their past 5 games vs teams entering 8+ games below .500, tying the longest such streak in NFL history
2020 — L at 2-10-1 Bengals
2021 — T vs 0-8 Lions
2023 — L vs 2-10 Cardinals
2023 — L vs 2-10 Patriots
2025 — L at 3-12 Browns— Doug Clawson (@doug_clawson) December 28, 2025Tomlin’s team came out looking like a bunch guys who had really been hoping for a meaningless game.