The GameDay Opening Drive 10/12: Week 6, Another Trip To Three Rivers

The Browns are due, Football Gods. Do you hear us?

PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 16: Quarterback Brian Sipe #17 of the Cleveland Browns looks to hand off the football after taking the ball from center against the Pittsburgh Steelers during a game at Three Rivers Stadium on October 16, 1983 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images)

Where were you the last time the Browns won in Pittsburgh? I was a freshman in high school trying to navigate competing against grown men and falling in love with the Browns on my own. They were starting to be relevant again and winning meaningful games. Making the playoffs. The Steelers had yet to hit their Ben Roethlisberger era of success and the battle between the post 1999 Browns and Steelers were close. The Browns won two of the first three upon returning. Lost a heartbreaker in Pittsburgh in the playoffs and then won a big Monday Night Football game we’re going to reference here in 2003.

Then it ended after that night and we didn’t know it. Sure, they have won more of the games since Kevin Stefanski arrived, including a half stadium covid playoff game, but they just haven’t found any success in Pittsburgh when the stadium is rocking and inside the regular season. It’s a problem.

The current Browns need this game. If they’re want to get out of the 1-4 rut and keep the division attainable, they have to win. The Steelers are looking to start 4-1 and solidify themselves atop the division as the teams around them slide with injuries and poor play. There’s plenty on the line today at Acrisure Stadium — no longer ketchup field. The question is if the Browns will have enough strong performances to get the win and whether they can force the Steelers to beat them. We’ll see soon enough.

Inside the weekly GameDay Opening Drive you will get all the pieces of information paired with your GameDay Podcast to enhance your Sundays with this team.

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Sit back, pour some early AM coffee, turn on the best pre-game Browns song known to man, and enjoy some Browns vs Steelers noteworthy items.

CLEVELAND - DECEMBER 10: David Bowens #96 of the Cleveland Browns celebrates with fans after beating the Pittsburgh Steelers 13-6 on December 10, 2009 at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Looks like our second straight week of great football weather where it feels like fall is in the air. Leaves are falling and temperatures are cooling down to a comfortable number. It will be cloudy skies but a very small chance of rain with temperatures around 65 degrees. There will just a slight East to Northeast breeze at roughly 7MPH. 10/10.