18. Pittsburgh Steelers
Last week: 21st
What a bounce-back for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The first two weeks of the season were sluggish, boring, uninspiring, and lame for the Pittsburgh Steelers. And that would be putting it mildly. It felt like this team was going to be buried early this year, especially with a matchup against Joe Burrow and the Bengals coming to town in Week 3.
As it turns out, the Steelers played their most inspired football of the year at just the right time, getting into the win column for the first time this year and looking really explosive offensively in the process.
Considering how well the Bengals’ defense has played early this season, Pittsburgh’s win in Week 3 is all the more impressive.
We were as critical of Aaron Rodgers as anyone after the first two games, but this was bordering on a vintage performance from AR-12. He was outstanding, and the Steelers’ defense came up clutch. Derrick Harmon had a strip-sack of Joe Burrow late in the 4th quarter to seal a win for the Steelers and get this team an extremely important 1st win this season.
17. Cleveland Browns
Last week: 27th
Don’t look now, but the Cleveland Browns might be…fun?!
Deshaun Watson has been impressive over the past two weeks. Mason Graham is blossoming into a star on the interior defensive line right before our eyes.
It may only be two wins in the first month of the season, but the Browns deserve some recognition and respect right now. They put together a really impressive comeback against the Panthers, and if Watson can keep playing as well as we’ve seen over the last two weeks, this team is going to be very interesting.
Over the first three weeks of the season, we’re seeing a number of young playmakers really step up for this Browns team, and we haven’t really seen that running game take off. If – or maybe when – it does, they could be really dangerous.
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