PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin’s very public (and very calculated) shot at Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry for trading Joe Flacco to Cincinnati earlier this month was out of character for a coach who typically demurs when asked about things that happen outside of Pittsburgh.

In the moment, it provided a bit of viral theater. In hindsight, maybe it was also Tomlin’s way of hinting at an underlying concern that his team’s well-compensated defense might not be up to the task when forced to face quarterbacks that don’t play for the Browns.

On a night where so much attention focused on Aaron Rodgers facing his former team for the first time, the takeaway from Pittsburgh’s 35-25 defeat at the hands of Green Bay isn’t that Rodgers “lost.” If anything, the 41-year-old Rodgers

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