Pittsburgh (4-5) at Cleveland (0-10), 1 p.m. ET (CBS): The Dolphins aren't playing in this game but they might as well be because they've ruined the year for both teams. As a matter of fact, Miami's ruining everyone's season and they don't even know it. In what has to be the most inexplicable curse in NFL history, every team the Dolphins have beaten this season has gone on to lose every game they've played since losing to Miami. (Shout out to the random guy on Reddit who figured this out).
Let me explain.
In Week 3, the Dolphins beat the Browns. The Browns are 0-7 since.
In Week 6, the Dolphins beat the Steelers. The Steelers are 0-3 since.
In Week 7, the Dolphins beat the Bills. The Bills are 0-2 since.
After a bye in Week 8, the Dolphins beat the Jets in Week 9. The Jets are 0-1 since.
In Week 10, the Dolphins beat the Chargers, so you can just go ahead and write off the rest of your season San Diego. The Dolphins are probably why you lost your stadium vote, too.
THAT'S FIVE WINS FOR THE DOLPHINS AND A COMBINED RECORD OF 0-13 FOR THE TEAMS IN THE WEEKS AFTER THEY PLAY MIAMI.
There are no words for what's happening.
When losing to the Dolphins curses you to lose all your games for the rest of the season, you know that the season has gone completely bonkers, and that's where we are with the NFL in 2016.
Anyway, that's the only reason I'm writing about the Browns-Steelers game right now. I felt that every other team in the NFL needed to know that the Dolphins are trying to sabotage their season.
Of course, the curse could be good luck for some people: The Dolphins are playing the Rams this week and I'm pretty sure that after Los Angeles loses and gets cursed to an 0-6 finish, Jeff Fisher will somehow turn that into a five-year extension.
As for the Browns-Steelers game, the only way the Dolphins curse keeps going this week is if these two teams tie, and because of that, I'm 50 percent sure a tie is going to happen, but I'm not going to pick it.
The pick: Steelers 30-17 over Browns
The pick: Dolphins 20-16 over Rams
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