The Cleveland Browns should have been out to a 2-0 lead over the Pittsburgh Steelers at home. On a day when star running back Nick Chubb returned to Cleveland Browns Stadium, and where the Browns are looking to advance to 7-3 on the season, the team has come out firing. On the first defensive play of the game, defensive end Myles Garrett sacked Steelers’ quarterback Kenny Pickett in his own endzone.
Or so it looked to everyone other than the NFL officials. It was quite evident that Pickett did not get the ball out of the endzone when Garrett brought him to the ground. However, the officials ruled him down at the one-yard line and missed the challenge flag thrown by head coach Kevin Stefanski.
Leave it to Browns’ fans to react accordingly to such an egregious call. Here is how Browns Twitter reacted to the bad no-call on an apparent safety.
MYLES GARRETT DOES IT AGAIN 😤🦾
(via @NFL)pic.twitter.com/VJFeJCUBlI
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) November 19, 2023
Myles Garrett is so dominant it’s laughable at this point
What a STUD pic.twitter.com/k5Xv8CmRoW
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) November 19, 2023
Gif-able Myles Garrett sack.
Steelers bribing officials for only rationale this isn’t a safety 😂 pic.twitter.com/T7Aef1z7Vi
— Matt Waldman (@MattWaldman) November 19, 2023
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR MYLES GARRETT
— Cory (@coryskuza) November 19, 2023
Myles Garrett on the sideline right now. pic.twitter.com/OXkdRpdkEI
— Brent Sobleski (@brentsobleski) November 19, 2023
How was this not a safety?! 😤
Myles Garrett blows through the Pittsburgh line and sacks Kenny Pickett. Refs say no safety! 🤦♂️ #PITvsCLE x #Browns pic.twitter.com/CdUtjymZe8
— BROWNS OR DIE 💀 (@BrownsorDie) November 19, 2023
MYLES GARRETT.
That’s a safety dude lol
— T (@turner_m2) November 19, 2023
The refs didn’t give Myles Garrett a safety on this play. how?#PITvsCLE pic.twitter.com/9xjTgugEqO
— Mike McDaniel (@MikMcDaniel) November 19, 2023
Myles Garrett should have just gotten 2 points. COME ON
— Dave DeNatale (@dinocleveland) November 19, 2023
I’m pretty sure 1st down was a safety.
I’m positive 2nd down was a safety.
Browns DL is a wrecking ball today so far. Keep it up.
— Dawgs By Nature (@DawgsByNature) November 19, 2023
Football in the right hand of Pickett. This looks like a safety. #Browns pic.twitter.com/qNsF3eNihn
— Lance Reisland (Coach Riz) (@LanceReisland) November 19, 2023
Browns robbed of a safety there
— Tre'Shon (@tre3shon) November 19, 2023
#Browns tackle Najee Harris in the end zone for what should be a safety but, you know, the refs are incompetent.
— Tom Moore (@Tom_RedRight88) November 19, 2023
I don’t know what a safety is anymore 🤣. Thought the Browns should have had one there
— Antwan V. Staley (@antwanstaley) November 19, 2023
I have no clue why they didn’t challenge the Myles Garrett sack, ball look like it got tucked behind the line by Pickett?
Close to a safety, but what a start! #Browns
— Jeff D. Lowe (@JeffDLowe) November 19, 2023
How was this not a safety?#Browns #CLEvsPIT pic.twitter.com/eVHImpX7s6
— Barbara Perzanowski (@BPerzanowski) November 19, 2023
Bad spot costs Browns a safety as Myles Garrett sacks Kenny Pickett at the goal line. https://t.co/iDfnwMaJ44
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) November 19, 2023
That was a safety! Officials suck
— The Dawgs – A Cleveland Browns Podcast (@thedawgspodcast) November 19, 2023
How was that not a safety!? Getting homered at home #Browns
— Billy Costigan Jr (@lampron23) November 19, 2023
THATS A SAFETY!!! @NFL @NFLOfficiating #Browns pic.twitter.com/grllMSXryg
— AK 🤷🏾♂️ (@akamara96) November 19, 2023