Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Cameron Heyward said during the week entering Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns that the defense would be looking to ‘inflict good punishment’ on quarterback Baker Mayfield. The third-year man entered the game already nursing bruised ribs that he suffered last week, and was limited in practice during the week.
It’s fair to say that the Steelers were indeed successful in inflicting some good punishment on their division rival, and he played like it as well. In fact, many wondered if they would pull Mayfield at half time, especially after taking a big shot by Heyward on the final drive of the first.