The Pittsburgh Steelers fell 24-19 to the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night in a veritable snowglobe, snapping a five-game win streak. After the loss, Steelers receiver George Pickens blamed the weather instead of giving the opponent credit.

“Conditions played a huge role in today’s game,” Pickens said, according to ESPN’s Brooke Pryor. “I don’t really think the Cleveland Browns are a good team at all. I think circumstances saved them today.”

Blinding, heavy snow fell throughout the match and caused a lot of unrest, especially in the second half. At one point, Pickens appeared to lose a potential touchdown but couldn’t connect with Russell Wilson. The wideout blamed the snow for the miscue.

“The snow made conditions so bad,” he said. “I don’t even think the QB could see it sometimes. And when you have conditions like that, on the opponent’s home field, it plays to their advantage.”

Pickens finished with four catches for 48 yards, his lowest output since the Week 5 loss to Dallas. In Wilson’s previous four starts, Pickens averaged 91.25 yards per game.

Less flamboyantly, Wilson agreed that the Steelers’ failures cost the club more than the Browns’ playmaking.

“We should have won that game,” Wilson said. “We felt like we were fighting. We did our best. It was obviously a tough environment. We wanted to win this one. Unfortunately, we came up short.”

The offense couldn’t penetrate the end zone until the fourth quarter, with drives continually stalling. Mike Tomlin’s club didn’t punt until there was 3:22 left in the game, but a missed field goal, two turnovers on downs and a fumble cost them a chance to score more points.

Pittsburgh also botched the final script. The offense couldn’t stay on the field after getting the ball back with a lead. The Steelers called a deep pass from backup Justin Fields on third and fourth down, which missed badly. Then the defense couldn’t get off the field on the Browns’ final drive. Tomlin opted to take an illegal touching penalty to push Cleveland to a third-and-7 instead of a fourth-and-2. The Browns converted and marched into the end zone with 57 seconds left.

On the final Hail Mary attempt, Pickens and Browns corner Greg Newsome II tangled. The CB claimed that Pickens was “trying to do some WrestleMania” during the play.

“Yeah, he’s a fake tough guy,” Newsome said, via Cleveland.com. ‘He does that a lot. The antics and all that. Yeah, he didn’t even go for the ball.’

Newsome probably isn’t surprised to hear Pickens blame the weather.

The Steelers’ loss dropped them to 8-3, another game back of the Kansas City Chiefs (9-1) and Buffalo Bills (9-2) in the race for the AFC’s top seed. It also put the Baltimore Ravens (7-4) within striking distance in the AFC North race. Cleveland improved to 3-8, with a chance to play spoilers, especially in the division further down.

The Steelers and Browns will face off again in Pittsburgh in sixteen days.