At day’s end, all Cleveland’s win over the Pittsburgh Steelers did was cost the Browns draft position. It didn’t fix the team’s myriad issues. Didn’t solve the team’s quarterback dilemma. Or decide the future of an embattled head coach and front office. It didn’t even result in the single-season sack record for Browns edge-rusher Myles Garrett.
The real problem in Cleveland is that 2026 is probably another lost year. You can blow things up, fire Kevin Stefanski and Andrew Berry and draft a quarterback early—enduring the growing pains that come with it. Or trade back (potentially), acquire assets for a 2027 draft that appears far deeper under center and hope that a stopgap quarterback and improved roster around him can produce a measure of respectability.