Steelers' playoff hopes take hit with brutal loss to Browns

Brooke Pryor ESPN Staff Writer Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Follow on Twitter CLEVELAND -- Midway through the second quarter of Thursday night's 21-7 loss to the Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster was face down on the field at FirstEnergy Stadium. A quarter later, a similar scene unfolded again. The Steelers lost three of their top playmakers in all -- Smith-Schuster (concussion), Diontae Johnson (concussion) and James Conner (shoulder) -- as the Steelers four-game winning streak ended and their playoff chances dropped significantly. The game ended in melee when Browns defensive