Browns Put Jerry Jeudy on Notice After Selfish Mistake
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Jerry Jeudy set the wrong kind of tone early against the Pittsburgh Steelers during Sunday’s 23-9 loss.
Jeudy derailed the Browns’ first offensive drive, taking a personal foul for unnecessary roughness after jostling with Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. and whacking him in the face.
Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski didn’t mince words when discussing Jeudy’s actions.
“Jerry’s a leader for us,” Stefanski said. “I think he was a retaliation-type thing and we preach that. We teach that. We can’t do that. And those are real yards that are hard to overcome, so we have to be better. Again, it gets to the point of need to make sure you’re playing clean, then give yourself a chance. It’s hard when you make life harder on yourself.”
Jeudy admitted after the game that he hurt the team by losing his temper.
“I can’t be having no personal penalties, that’s going to hurt my team,” Jeudy said after the game. “Set my team back 15 yards, I can’t be doing that. I got to be better on that. And I will be better on that.”
Drops Continue to Haunt Browns, Jerry Jeudy
Perhaps more impactful than the penalties were the drops by the Browns’ pass catchers. Cleveland had a season-high four drops against the Steelers. Jeudy and Harold Fannin Jr. each had one, while David Njoku had two.
“I think it’s just a bunch of guys just want to make plays before they catch the ball,” Jeudy said. “You know, we haven’t been scoring enough points, so I feel like guys just are itching to catch the ball and make a play. But you just gotta catch the ball first and make the play after that, you know. So I just think it’s a bunch of guys just ready to make a play for this team to help put up points.”
The Browns’ offense has struggled as a whole and Jeudy has failed to live up to expectations after his first Pro Bowl campaign. He had just 20 catches for 240 yards through six games and has yet to find the end zone.
Browns Looking at All Options to Improve Dillon Gabriel-led Offense
With the loss to the Steelers, the Browns have failed to score more than 17 points for 11 straight games, dating back to last season. The heat is turned up the pressure on Stefanski, the Browns’ head coach and offensive play-caller. He’s willing to examine everything, including giving up the play-calling.
“There’s a lot of things we need to do better. Obviously, I’ll look at all things,” Stefanski said. “There’s a long list of things we’ve got to do better.”
Another priority for the Browns will be keeping quarterback Dillon Gabriel upright. He was sacked six times by the Steelers and dropped back more than 60 times. He finished with 221 yards.
“He’s a tough kid. We got to keep him clean. Obviously when the game turned into a two-score game you’ve got to drop back, and that’s a tough team to drop back versus,” Stefanski said. “He kept battling. It wasn’t for lack of effort by him or anybody. He made some plays. But we’ve just got to be better.”
The Browns will have a chance to get back in the win column next week against the 1-5 Miami Dolphins.
BREAKING: DRAKE MAYE TORCHES NFL DEFENSES — PATRIOTS FINALLY FOUND THEIR NEXT TOM BRADY (AND MAYBE THEIR NEXT MVP)
Drake Maye is having a sensational sophomore season as the New England Patriots' starting quarterback, exciting fans who finally have their worthy passing successor to Tom Brady.
Turns out, Maye's breakout Year 2 in 2025 after being drafted No. 3 overall in 2024 is well ahead of what Brady was able to do as a young Patriots QB. Maye is also emerging as an MVP candidate with his team moving to 4-2, thanks in big part to his play in Sunday's solid 25-10 win at New Orleans.
With the UNC product's standout sophomore start, there have been some statistical comparisons getting thrown around with big names.
Here's looking at Maye's numbers so far in six games and why he's on a historic stretch for being only 23:
Drake Maye's 2025 statistics through Week 6
Maye has been lighting up in the first season of Josh McDaniels' offense, serving as his most efficient and executing passer since ... Brady for many seasons.
| Pass completions | 131 |
| Pass attempts | 179 |
| Completion percentage | 73.2 |
| Passing yards per game | 253.6 |
| Passing yards per attempt | 8.5 |
| Passing TDs | 10 |
| Interceptions | 2 |
| Passer rating | 112.5 |
| Rushing yards | 138 |
| Rushing TDs | 2 |
| Rushing yards per attempt | 3.8 |
How Drake Maye has matched Patrick Mahomes
Before Sunday's game, there were only three quarterbacks in NFL history (per Scott Hanson on NFL RedZone) aged 23 or younger to post five consecutive games of at least 200 yards passing while also putting up a 100-plus passer rating.
Maye joined that exclusive club, which had only included the Chiefs' Mahomes, Dolphins Hall of Famer Dan Marino and the Cowboys' Dak Prescott.
With the Patriots starting 4-2, including a big AFC East victory over the division-leading 4-1 Bills, they are in strong playoff contention near the halfway point of the 205 season. Maye's play should have him on the short list of MVP candidates, leading a turnaround for a team that finished 4-13 in his rookie season.
Mahomes won MVP in his first season as a full-time starter in 2018. Lamar Jackson repeated that feat for the Ravens a season later in 2019. Maye has given himself a chance to match Mahomes again with his hot start.
How Drake Maye has done better than Tom Brady
Maye, with his winning performance against the Saints, made it five consecutive games with a passer rating of 100.0 or more in only his second season. It took Brady until his eighth season, when he broke out for a then-record 50 touchdown passes in 2007, to pull off the feat for the Patriots.
Maye also earned another piece of history over the Patriots' and league-wide GOAT QB. He hit 200 yards passing for five consecutive games, but he also had a completion percentage of 70 percent of better in those games. Brady's high mark was four such games in a row, the first coming in that same prolific '07 season.
Statistically, as a young QB, there's no doubt Maye is trending toward being a better Brady. But Brady also won his first Super Bowl at age 24 and had his first three rings by age 27. In the end, given the Patriots' championship tradition, Brady's success is measured most by six Super Bowl victories and nine AFC titles.
Maye still has given Patriots about which to be excited, emerging as one of the league's best young quarterbacks in such a short time, getting a huge Brady-like boost from the team hiring back McDaniels.
