Browns defensive end Jared Verse spent the week calling the Steelers dirty and vowing to "make Pittsburgh ours," per NBC Sports — and Sunday at Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh made him pay for it.
The Steelers rolled to a lopsided Week 8 win, and the game got personal along the way. The broadcast caught a Steelers player putting a WWE-style move on Verse during the action, Yahoo Sports reported — a moment that instantly became the visual summary of how the afternoon went for Cleveland.
Afterward, Steelers safety Jaquan Brisker made sure the scoreboard wasn't the last word. "Should have kept his mouth shut," Brisker said of Verse, per Yahoo Sports, and he didn't stop there — Brisker also took aim at Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, saying Watson "had his binky today."
Verse, for his part, isn't backing down. "I stand by everything I say," he said, per NBC Sports, keeping the war of words alive even after the blowout. With both teams sharing a division, the rematch now carries built-in heat: Verse's words are on the record, Pittsburgh's response is on tape, and the next meeting will settle whose version of the rivalry holds up.

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