Antonio Brown’s Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda Had Season

The 3-13 finish is their worst since 2000 when they were also 3-13.

This is the second season in a row that Manziel has not started the last game of the season but was spotted drinking the day before. The San Francisco 49ers announced that they have fired Jim Tomsula, while the Cleveland Browns announced that they fired Mike Pettine. Pettine is 10-22 in two seasons.

“Wherever we play, we play”, Patriots Coach Bill Belichick said. “I feel like we’ve done a lot of good things, but I’m the first one to tell you, this is a pass-fail league and the results aren’t there”.

Make no mistake. It would be a folly to count this Steelers team out. He is 9-2 in games played in Cleveland. Ben Roethlisberger completed 24 of 34 passes for 215 yards with two interceptions.

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey (88) reaches for but can not catch the ball in the end zone during the second half of an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016, in Cleveland.

WHERE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE: Linebacker James Harrison dropped into coverage in compliance with the design of the defense prior to intercepting a pass intended for tight end Gary Barnidge on third-and-goal from the Steelers’ 5-yard line early in the third quarter. That’s the kind of guy you want to play for.

This year, the injury to Williams is not as severe.

NOTES: Steelers WR Antonio Brown entered the game with 54 catches for 867 yards and six touchdowns vs. the Browns…The Steelers released WR Jacoby Jones and signed S Ross Ventrone….Browns CB Charles Gaines was inactive so he could be with his girlfriend who was in labor….Pierre Desir replaced Gaines as a starter.

The Browns, trailing 14-9 in the third quarter, had a chance to take a lead after linebacker Craig Robertson intercepted a pass by Roethlisberger.

The win really should be given to a Steelers defense that once again applied the right amount of pressure against a floundering Browns team that put quarterback Austin Davis under center. He left the locker room Sunday in a walking boot and had an MRI Monday.

“It’s so gratifying”, said Brown, who finished with 136 catches for 1,834 yards. On the ground, DeAngelo Williams rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns in 17 attempts. Roethlisberger’s 15th interception of the season set up Cleveland’s three points, a 29-yard field goal by Coons. The first is holy guacamole, he tore it up for 1,834 yards, finishing only 37 yards behind Atlanta’s Julio Jones for the season lead and also in 4 place all time (Jones’ 1,871 yards was 2 all-time to Calvin Johnson’s 1,964 in 2012).

As the first quarter ended the Browns announced wide receiver Taylor Gabriel had been poked in the eye and was questionable to return to the game.

-TE Heath Miller is a longtime nemesis for the Browns.

The Cleveland Browns (3-12) are coming from a 17-13 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. With the pressure up front, the Steelers were able to keep Davis from turning three Steelers turnovers into points, limiting the Browns to scoring via the leg of placekicker Travis Koons.