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Final Score Prediction

Steelers 17, Browns 10

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Cleveland Browns
Rank  Player Projections
 QB 29 Thaddeus Lewis Pass: 200, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
 RB 24 Montario Hardesty Rush: 80, 0 TD Rec: 3-30, 0
 RB 50 Brandon Jackson Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 36 Josh Gordon Rec: 5-60, 0 TD
WR 44 Greg Little Rec: 5-60, 0 TD
TE 17 Ben Watson Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
K 31 Phil Dawson FG: 1/1 XP: 1/1
DEF 7 Defense / ST  
 
Pittsburgh Steelers
Rank  Player Projections
QB 25 Ben Roethlisberger Pass: 230, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 31 Jonathan Dwyer Rush: 50, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
RB 43 Rashard Mendenhall Rush: 40, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
RB 64 Isaac Redman Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 15 Antonio Brown Rec: 7-80, 1 TD
WR 41 Emmanuel Sanders Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
TE 27 Leonard Pope Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
K 26 Shaun Suisham FG: 1/1 XP: 2/2
DEF 6 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Browns QB Brandon Weeden (5) has most wins ever by Browns rookie QB. Weeden (3,385) has most pass yards by rookie in club history & has 2nd-most among NFL rookies in '12 (ANDREW LUCK, 4,183). Has 9 TDs & 87 rating on road. Needs 115 passing yards to become 5th rookie QB in NFL history to reach 3,500. QB Colt McCoy had 1 TD vs. 0 INTs & 85.2 passer rating last week... RB Trent Richardson has most rush yards (950) & rush TDs (11) by Browns rookie in franchise history. Has 3 games with 100+ rush yards, tied for most ever by Browns rookie. Totaled 112 scrim. yards & rush TD in last meeting vs. Pit... WR Josh Gordon ranks 2nd among NFL rookies with 766 rec. yards. WR Greg Little (609) needs 101 rec. yards to surpass rookie total in '11. TE Jordan Cameron had TD rec. in last game vs. Pit... Cle. forced 8 turnovers (5 FRs, 3 INTs) in last game vs. Pit... LB D'QWELL JACKSON had 9 tackles, FF & FR in last game vs. Pit... K Phil Dawson has made 28 of 29 FGs in 2012, 2nd-best pct. in NFL.

Steelers Have won past 8 at home vs. Cle... For career vs. Cle., QB Ben Roethlisberger is 14-1 (.933), incl. 7-0 record at home vs. Browns. Has 29,710 pass yards, most in Steelers annals. RB Jonathan Dwyer has career-best 571 rush yards in '12. RB Rashard Mendenhall (29) needs rush TD to join HOFer FRANCO HARRIS & JEROME BETTIS as 3rd Pit. RB to reach 30 career... For career, WR Mike Wallace averages 20.8 yards per catch vs. Cle. (16 rec., 333 yards)... WR Antonio Brown aims for 4th straight game with TD catch. In past 2 vs. Cle., Brown is averaging 120.5 receiving yards per game... TE Heath Miller has career-best in receiving yards (816) & TD catches (8) in '12... Defense allows NFL-low 272.9 yards per game... LB LaMarr Woodley has 3.5 sacks in past 4 vs. Cle. LB Larry Foote leads team with 104 tackles. LB Lawrence Timmons tied career-high with 2 sacks last week... S Troy Polamalu aims for 4th straight game with INT vs. Cle... CB Cortez Allen had career-best 2 INTs last week.


Results and Schedule
Cleveland Browns
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 PHI H L 16-17 -1
2 2012-09-16 CIN A L 27-34 -7
3 2012-09-23 BUF H L 14-24 -10
4 2012-09-27 BAL A L 16-23 -7
5 2012-10-07 NYG A L 27-41 -14
6 2012-10-14 CIN H W 34-24 +10
7 2012-10-21 IND A L 13-17 -4
8 2012-10-28 SD H W 7-6 +1
9 2012-11-04 BAL H L 15-25 -10
10   Bye      
11 2012-11-18 DAL A L 20-23 -3
12 2012-11-25 PIT H W 20-14 +6
13 2012-12-02 OAK A W 20-17 +3
14 2012-12-09 KC H W 30-7 +23
15 2012-12-16 WAS H L 21-38 -17
16 2012-12-23 DEN A L 12-34 -22
17 2012-12-30 PIT A L 10-24 -14
   
Pittsburgh Steelers
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 DEN A L 19-31 -12
2 2012-09-16 NYJ H W 27-10 +17
3 2012-09-23 OAK A L 31-34 -3
4   Bye      
5 2012-10-07 PHI H W 16-14 +2
6 2012-10-11 TEN A L 23-26 -3
7 2012-10-21 CIN A W 24-17 +7
8 2012-10-28 WAS H W 27-12 +15
9 2012-11-04 NYG A W 24-20 +4
10 2012-11-12 KC H W 16-13 +3
11 2012-11-18 BAL H L 10-13 -3
12 2012-11-25 CLE A L 14-20 -6
13 2012-12-02 BAL A W 23-20 +3
14 2012-12-09 SD H L 24-34 -10
15 2012-12-16 DAL A L 24-27 -3
16 2012-12-23 CIN H L 10-13 -3
17 2012-12-30 CLE H W 24-10 +14

Injury Report
Cleveland Browns
Out  CB Sheldon Brown (concussion)
 TE Jordan Cameron (concussion)
 QB Colt McCoy (shoulder)
 WR Jordan Norwood (foot)
 RB Trent Richardson (ankle)
 QB Brandon Weeden (shoulder)
Probable  WR Josh Cribbs (knee)
 DT John Hughes (back)
 DE Juqua Parker (knee)
 DE Frostee Rucker (shoulder)
 TE Alex Smith (other-illness)
IR  SLB Emmanuel Acho (undisclosed, 8/27)
 SLB Scott Fujita (neck, 10/24)
 OLB Chris Gocong (achilles-tendon, 8/27)
 SLB James-Michael Johnson (knee, 12/18)
 WR Mohamed Massaquoi (knee, 12/24)
 SS T.J. Ward (knee, 12/18)
   
Pittsburgh Steelers
Out  CB Curtis Brown (ankle)
 WR Mike Wallace (hip)
Probable  CB Keenan Lewis (knee)
IR  OLB Chris Carter (abdomen, 11/15)
 TE Heath Miller (knee, 12/26)
 ILB Sean Spence (knee, 8/31)
 CB Ike Taylor (ankle, 12/26)
 CB Demarcus Van Dyke (shoulder, 12/18)

Offense Stats Comparison
  CLE
 Offense 
PIT
 Offense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points for 20.3 17.8 22.3 CLE
Rushing yards 110.0 82.3 117.9 CLE
Rushing yards per attempt 3.95 3.71 4.30 CLE
Completion % 61.1% 55.9% 59.3% CLE
Passing yards 191.3 229.8 225.0 PIT
Passing yards per completion 10.31 11.50 10.90 PIT
Passing yards per attempt 6.30 6.43 6.47 PIT
Interceptions 0.8 1.5 1.0 CLE
Fumbles lost 0.3 1.3 0.7 CLE
Sacks allowed 2.8 2.8 2.4 -
3rd down conversions 29.6% 29.5% 37.4% CLE
4th down conversions 37.5% 33.3% 41.9% CLE
Time of possession 30:49 29:25 30:27 CLE
  Defense Stats Comparison
  CLE
 Defense 
PIT
 Defense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points against 22.0 20.0 22.3 PIT
Rushing yards 97.0 84.0 117.9 PIT
Rushing yards per attempt 4.09 3.05 4.30 PIT
Completion % 64.9% 59.0% 59.3% PIT
Passing yards 274.3 195.8 225.0 PIT
Passing yards per completion 10.14 9.70 10.90 PIT
Passing yards per attempt 6.57 5.72 6.47 PIT
INT return 1.0 0.5 1.0 CLE
Fumble recoveries 0.3 0.5 0.7 PIT
Sacks 2.3 2.5 2.4 PIT
3rd down conversions 38.8% 32.6% 37.4% PIT
4th down conversions 75.0% 50.0% 41.9% PIT
Time of possession 30:55 30:56 30:27 CLE

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   CLE   PIT  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Yards per punt return 16.9 4.9 10.0 CLE
Yards per kick return 20.2 22.3 22.8 PIT
Yards allowed per punt return 4.4 12.5 10.0 CLE
Yards allowed per kick return 18.2 18.5 22.8 CLE
  Misc Stats Comparison
   CLE   PIT  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Penalties 8.0 5.8 6.3 PIT
Penalty yards 61.0 52.0 52.9 PIT

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 11 to 16 of the 2012 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 11 to 16 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Cleveland Browns vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 3 2000-09-17 PIT CLE 20-23 CLE
2000 8 2000-10-22 CLE PIT 0-22 PIT
2001 9 2001-11-11 PIT CLE 15-12 PIT
2001 17 2002-01-06 CLE PIT 7-28 PIT
2002 4 2002-09-29 CLE PIT 13-16 PIT
2002 9 2002-11-03 PIT CLE 23-20 PIT
2003 5 2003-10-05 CLE PIT 33-13 CLE
2003 12 2003-11-23 PIT CLE 13-6 PIT
2004 5 2004-10-10 CLE PIT 23-34 PIT
2004 10 2004-11-14 PIT CLE 24-10 PIT
2005 10 2005-11-13 CLE PIT 21-34 PIT
2005 16 2005-12-24 PIT CLE 41-0 PIT
2006 11 2006-11-19 PIT CLE 24-20 PIT
2006 14 2006-12-07 CLE PIT 7-27 PIT
2007 1 2007-09-09 PIT CLE 34-7 PIT
2007 10 2007-11-11 CLE PIT 28-31 PIT
2008 2 2008-09-14 PIT CLE 10-6 PIT
2008 17 2008-12-28 CLE PIT 0-31 PIT
2009 6 2009-10-18 CLE PIT 14-27 PIT
2009 14 2009-12-10 PIT CLE 6-13 CLE
2010 6 2010-10-17 CLE PIT 10-28 PIT
2010 17 2011-01-02 PIT CLE 41-9 PIT
2011 14 2011-12-08 CLE PIT 3-14 PIT
2011 17 2012-01-01 PIT CLE 13-9 PIT
2012 12 2012-11-25 PIT CLE 14-20 CLE

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.