When the 2025 NFL schedule came out in May, the Cleveland Browns should have filed a protest and asked the league to redo Week 6, because the Browns have been hit with a brutal scheduling quirk that only one other team in NFL history has ever had to face.

The Browns are, once again, at a crossroads leaving Pittsburgh. It doesn’t really seem to matter when they play here, it almost always has a ripple effect on the franchise. Their 23-9 loss at Acrisure Stadium this season was no different.

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The Steelers' offensive drive stalled quickly, as they were set back on the first play by a holding call on Spencer Anderson. Short passes got the offense near the line to gain, but they were forced to punt. On the punt however, the Browns ran into punter Corliss Waitman, and the Steelers got a new set of downs.