Nick Chubb’s 2-yard touchdown run with less than a minute to go gave the Browns a much-needed victory in what will go down as a classic AFC North showdown.
CLEVELAND — When people use terms like “AFC North Football,” they’re taking about games like the one played Thursday night on the shores of Lake Erie.
As the snow battered Huntington Bank Field, the ensuing backdrop turned what was already a fierce rivalry into a modern masterpiece. In what will forever be remembered as one of their all-time classic meetups, it was the Browns who came away smiling, knocking off the hated Pittsburgh Steelers 24-19 under the lights and flakes.
With Cleveland now 3-8, it won’t do much to redeem what has been a disastrous season, but it can at least somewhat numb the pain, and not just because the more than 60,000 fans in attendance couldn’t feel their toes. Fittingly, it was Nick Chubb who played the role of hero, scoring the go-ahead touchdown with less than a minute left. It was the beloved Pro Bowler’s first game against the Steelers since suffering a gruesome knee injury in Pittsburgh more than a year ago.