Mike Tomlin is in his 8th year as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Mike Pettine is in his 8th week of full time coaching of this team, the Cleveland Browns.
Since 2009, Tomlin, his staff and his key player leadership like Big Ben, have played a defense coached by Mike Pettine 6 times and their record against Pettine's teams is 5-1. Tomorrow's Browns game therefore is old hat for them. They know exactly what they have in store, they've been there before. The Steelers week of preparation for the Browns has been about "refining" tactics of an existing plan to use their offense to attack Pettine's D. Same story for Tomlin's defense. They have a feeling for what they'll face against Kyle Shanahan because they've been there and done that.
Meanwhile, Mr. Pettine and Mr. Shanahan have had to focus on teaching 53 players the basics of their own schemes.
it promises to be yet another gloomy day in Browns history as we pay the price for constant turnover of management, coaches, players and playbooks.
BL Predicts:
Pittsburgh 24
Cleveland 13
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