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Several somber Cleveland Browns players faced the media following Sunday’s humiliating 38-7 loss in Pittsburgh. To a man, they all reiterated the same basic theme:
The loss in Pittsburgh was bad, but it’s just one game.
It was a theme touched upon in one form or another by every Browns player who took to Zoom press conferences after the game.
From left guard Joel Bitonio,
“We have a long season. This counts as one. It is not the way we wanted to play.”
Wide receiver Jarvis Landry elaborated a little deeper,
“We will need to continue to adjust. In a season like this, you have to find ways to adjust. A lot of times, what is working you continue with it until it is not working. Then you find ways to make it better or adjust. That is just the phase we are in right now. We all have to go back, look at the film, be critical of ourselves and take this on the chin and move onto the next one. It is still a long season. There are still a lot of games left.”
Linebacker B.J. Goodson offered this, pinpointing the chance to play the Steelers again later this year,
“It is not just a game, but it is a game, and it was a hard-fought game. We did not come out with the victory today, but it is a long season. Like I said, we get a chance to play these guys again, and I am looking forward to it.”
Defensive end Myles Garrett had a similar take to Goodson,
“It is one game. We will see them again and then you will be able to measure how we stack up against either of them. Until then, just leave it as it is. They had our number. We have a gameplan, we adjust, come back and we will be at full strength by then.”
Finally, quarterback Baker Mayfield had this to say when asked about the Browns 4-2 record, but with the two defeats blowout losses to division rivals Pittsburgh and Baltimore,
“Not discouraging. No matter the score, it only counts for one. The good thing is we play both those teams again and we can learn and get better. It is onto the Bengals now and we have to continue to get better.”
The Browns play at Cincinnati in Week 7.