Four games in, the Pittsburgh Steelers are 2-2.

With a chance to rewrite some old narratives and take a strong early lead in the division race, the Steelers were victims of a Cleveland field goal with just seconds left in the game to seal their fate.

Now with a long week to sit in this loss, the Steelers have a lot to clean up between now and Week 5. Here’s the stock report from Thursday.

Stock Up: DK Metcalf

I have been hard on Metcalf early in the year, and for good reason, but the wide receiver had his first good game of the year on Thursday night.

It wasn’t looking good early on, especially when Metcalf erased one of his first half catches with a taunting penalty that pushed the Steelers back 15 yards. However, he did rally for a five-catch, 115-yard performance against the Brows and played a key role in Pittsburgh’s failed late-game surge.

Metcalf’s previous season-high was a mere 40 yards, back in the season opener against Atlanta. So yeah, it’s safe to say this was a much better performance.

Stock Down: Chris Boswell

This one hurts.

Boswell has arguably been the most reliable Steeler for years now, giving the Steelers no reason to worry about the ultra-important kicking position. In an organization that has seen a lot of change, a lot of streakiness, and a lot of problems in getting any consistent production, Boswell was always there. In the last seven years coming into this season, Boswell was an excellent 88.9% field goal kicker.

This season, he is 7-for-10. While that’s not a horrific figure, Boswell has now missed a field goal in three games this season. Thursday night’s miss, a 48-yarder wide left, loomed large late in the game. Had Boswell drilled that, Cleveland’s field goal with ten seconds to go would have only tied the game, not put them ahead.

Stock Up: Jack Sawyer

Much has been made about how new defensive coordinator Patrick Graham has rotated his stacked room of edge rushers so far this season. Players like Nick Herbig and Jack Sawyer might be starters elsewhere in the NFL, but in Pittsburgh they sit behind the likes of TJ Watt and Alex Highsmith.

Graham still seems to be trying to find the perfect balance of those four guys, but Sawyer made his case to get on the field more after last night. Early in the fourth quarter, Sawyer’s rush towards DeShaun Watson and was able to get his fingertips on the ball.

That deflection not only negated a pass interference penalty deep down the field, it preserved the interception made by Steelers rookie Robert Spears-Jennings. That pick was a turning point in the game; Pittsburgh scored six off the turnover and eventually rallied to tie the game at 24-24 before, well, you know.

Stock Down: Mike McCarthy

We’re four games into the season now. That’s a little less than 1/4 of the way in. And I struggle to see how this year’s Steelers team is any different from years before. It’s exactly like Mike Tomlin is still here, for better and worse.

The season opener felt like the classic Tomlin win: make it way closer than you need to, rely on the defense, and eek it out. The next week, get outclassed by a team that has historically given the Steelers fits in New England. And even last week against Cincinnati, when the vibes were filled with doom and gloom, Tomlin usually found a way to get a win out of that and keep the team afloat.

And unfortunately, one of Tomlin’s fatal flaws was road divisional games on Thursday nights. And now, McCarthy has failed in the same situation. What is different from last year’s Steelers to this year’s?

Stock Up: Jaylen Warren

In a game filled with a decent amount of frustrating performances, Warren was dominant yet again. With no Rick Dowdle for the Steelers again, the running game leaned entirely on Warren.

Through 17 carries, Warren gained 93 yards and frequently found ways to make something out of nothing. Averaging 5.5 yards a carry is impressive enough as is, not even considering the shaky offensive line running backs in Pittsburgh have to contend with.

He gave the offense a much-needed spark again and again. So far, Warren is running away with the offensive player of the year award for this Steelers team.

Stock Down: Defense

I don’t want to harp too much on the defense, because they created multiple turnovers and gave the offense chances to get back into the game.

However, what I will say is the Steelers needed that side of the ball to hold off the Browns in those dying seconds and keep them out of field goal range. For too much of that drive, Cleveland had it too easy.

Like I said earlier, for better or worse this team still operates like it did under Tomlin. Therefore, the defense needs to make a last stand to push that game to overtime. They couldn’t.