“I don’t know this rivalry ever went away,” he said.
The Steelers (3-3) swear they won’t have vengeance in mind as much as keeping their season rolling in the right direction when they face the Browns (4-3), who put an exclamation point on their turnaround in January by winning at Pittsburgh in the playoffs.Ĭleveland’s wild, 48-37 wild-card victory - a game quarantined Browns coach Kevin Stefanski watched from his home basement after a positive COVID-19 test - was the Browns’ first in the postseason since 1994 and seemed to signal that one of pro football’s fiercest football feuds was evening out some.Īnd although he’s 24-2-1 against the Browns since 2004, Roethlisberger, who grew up in Ohio and is nearing the end of his Hall of Fame career, feels his personal record doesn’t reflect the permanent competitiveness in the Cleveland-Pittsburgh series. On Sunday, the Steelers quarterback returns to the rivalry he tilted decidedly for nearly two decades. He ended it sitting on the bench contemplating his future.
Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience.ĬLEVELAND - The last time Ben Roethlisberger played the Browns, his night began with a frantic chase after the ball was snapped over his head into the end zone.
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