Following a 23-9 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett was brutally honest about the state of the team 

There was no mincing words from Myles Garrett after the Cleveland Browns 23-9 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, a defeat that dropped the franchise to 1-5 on the season, and felt oddly familiar to the previous four the team has suffered this season. 

"It's tough. That's all I can say," the 2023 Defensive Player of the Year asserted. 

Garrett's side of the ball isn't the problem. It's the offense that has left him unable to contain his disappointment. For the sixth time this season the Browns were held under 20 points. Their nine points scored is actually their lowest point total of the season, to boot to bring their scoring average to 13.6 for 2025. 

Not only that, but that streak of games without scoring 20 or more points goes back 11 games to Week 13 of last year. So Sunday's loss to the Steelers felt like the exact same Sunday script that's played out for close to a year now. Garrett has grown visibly exhausted by it. 

"Yeah, it's frustrating," he said. "It is frustrating. To lose the same way every time, it's frustrating as hell." 

Many of the Browns offensive issues start up front on the o-line. That group yielded six sacks on Dillon Gabriel on Sunday and another 10 QB hits on top of that. All that pressure left Gabriel completing just 29-of-52 passes for 221 yards. 

For Pittsburgh, their defensive line had the luxury of just pinning it's ears back getting after Gabriel. And once its offense had built a 16-3 lead to protect early in the third quarter, it was smooth sailing for the likes of T.J. Watt, Cam Heyward, Nick Herbig and Alex Highsmith. 

Garrett could only watch from the sideline as his counterparts had a field day. 

"Must be nice, [to play with a lead]," Garrett said. 

If Garrett's frustrated, it's very possible it's a reflection on how the locker room is feeling as a whole right now. It's also why he'll me looked at to provide keep the team together during these dire times.

"Got to continue be the same person every day," Garrett said. "Coming in, working my ass off, showing guys what it's like, what's expected of you to be a professional and, you know, a man of character. Come in and just be who you are. Don't let the environment or situation define who you are."

It's easier said than done, especially when there are still 11 games left in the season and every week seems to play out like the same mundane broken record.