Frustration has to be boiling over for the Cleveland Browns following their latest loss. Now at 0-11 on the season after dropping a one-sided affair to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland is just five losses away from becoming the second team in NFL history to go winless during a 16-game regular season.
None of this is due to the presence of quarterback-turned-receiver Terrelle Pryor, who continues to shock the football world with his play-making ability. Pryor put up five receptions for 97 yards in Sunday’s 24-9 loss to Pittsburgh.
This doesn’t mean that the veteran is going to sit back and watch his team be embarrassed on a weekly basis. In coming to the defense of his quarterbacks (all of them), Pryor threw some rather large shade the way of Cleveland’s offensive line.
#Browns Terrelle Pryor on the QB's getting drilled: 'I don’t think somebody would take $10 million to sit back there and take those hits'
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) November 20, 2016
To be fair here, Pryor has every right to call out his offensive line. Browns quarterbacks were sacked a grand total of eight times by a Steelers defense that came into Week 11 having recorded a grand total of 13 sacks on the season. It led to rookie signal caller Cody Kessler having to depart with a concussion.
Cleveland has seen a revolving door at the quarterback position thus far this season. That surely hasn’t helped the team compete on a weekly basis. And for one, it seems Pryor is fed up. Good for him. Show some fight in the face of troubling on-field performances.