This could be an interesting game because it's the Browns' Super Bowl for all intents and purposes. Lose and what little chance they have of making the playoffs is extinguished. The Steelers need a win to keep striving for a wildcard spot in the very weak AFC.
The AFC is filled with mediocre teams and worse this year other than New England and Baltimore. KC, Buffalo and Houston aren't very impressive though the Chiefs may turn it on at some point. The NFC isn't much better. San Fran looks tough to beat, with Minnesota, Seattle, New Orleans, the Rams and Green Bay as possible contenders, but at this point the Patriots, 49ers and Saints (with a healthy Drew Brees) look like the only Super Bowl quality teams.
Freddie Kitchens briefly found lightning in a bottle last season when he unleashed Baker Mayfield, but as with Rodent Nagy and Mitch Trubisky, Baker has taken big steps backward this season. A lot of the "talent" the Browns collected in the offseason that the Caste media and DWFs were drooling over has proven to be illusory, and Kitchens is another fat slob NFL coach, with SEC roots and mentality, who caters to prima donna players and affletes in general and is incapable of getting the Browns to play together as a team.
