My favorite is seeing "we should have played for overtime there!!" from all the same people who would be saying "we just played not to lose" after we lost in overtime.
Clearly, the Browns shouldn't have played field position there. There's a reason that Mike Tomlin went for it on 4th down in their own territory... The Browns should have been playing like that, with nothing to lose, from the first kick.
That call by Pettine is very rookie-head coach-like... He went by the book rather than feeling the situation's uniqueness.. Still, though, I think that is pretty much the worst thing Pettine did all day. If we can get past the thought of losing and try to see what they
can build upon, Pettine handled himself pretty well in that situation in his first game. The team did respond to his adjustments and the reason they came back isn't because the Steelers decided to play prevent, they didn't.
Crowell looked really good and West looked good as well. Gilbert is disappointing at this point, but I'm hoping that he gets this figured out as the season goes on. He should be able to with the Browns not asking him to save the world right away...
The defense was pretty shitty... For the "strong" part of the team, they looked like shit. The line was good at times, but the secondary still can't cover without holding.. Christian Kirksey is going to be starting this season at some point... He's a very good draft pick.
Antonio Brown still owns the Browns. No silver lining.
The offensive line played well. Not tremendous or anything, but good.
Browns front 7 need to stop allowing dumps 5 yards down the field... Killer.
I'm not even thinking about a "moral victory". 0-1 is what it is. There are things to see within the game that don't show up in the final score or on ESPN, though.