Prediction: Steelers 24, Browns 20
by Mike Krueger | Follow @FF_Today
Player Rankings and Projections
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Cleveland Browns |
Rank |
Player |
Projections |
QB 23 |
Jason Campbell |
Pass: 240, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0 |
RB 27 |
Chris Ogbonnaya |
Rush: 50, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0 |
RB 45 |
Fozzy Whittaker |
Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0 |
RB 51 |
Willis McGahee |
Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0 |
WR 8 |
Josh Gordon |
Rec: 7-90, 1 TD |
WR 70 |
Greg Little |
Rec: 2-30, 0 TD |
WR 75 |
Davone Bess |
Rec: 2-20, 0 TD |
TE 9 |
Jordan Cameron |
Rec: 5-50, 0 TD |
K 14 |
Billy Cundiff |
FG: 2/2 XP: 2/2 |
DEF 13 |
Defense / ST |
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Game Notes
Steelers Have won 10 of past 12 at Cle... For career, QB Ben Roethlisberger is 15-1 (.938) as starter vs. Browns & has 24 TDs vs. 10 INTs & 99.8 rating. Roethlisberger (208) needs 5 TD passes to surpass HOFer TERRY BRADSHAW (212) for most career TD passes by Steeler. Registered 4th career game with at least 4 TD passes & 0 INTs last week... Rookie RB LE'VEON BELL has 3 rush TDs in 4 road games in '13... WR Antonio Brown (74) needs 6 rec. to join YANCEY THIGPEN, HOFer JOHN STALLWORTH & HINES WARD as only Steelers to register 80 catches in season. Brown (952) needs 48 rec. yards to reach 1,000 for 2nd time in career (1,108 in 2011). WR Jerricho Cotchery has career-best 7 TD rec. in '13... Last week, TE Heath Miller (5,021) joined ELBIE NICKEL (5,131) as 2nd TE in Steeler history to reach 5,000 career rec. yards... LB LaMarr Woodley has 5th-most sacks (57) in club annals since '82... S Will Allen had INT & FF last week. S Troy Polamalu has 8 career INTs vs. Cle., most against any team.
Browns Club needs win to match last year's win total of 5. Have won 3 of past 4 at home... In last start at home, QB Jason Campbell completed 23 of 35 passes (65.7 pct.) for 262 yards with 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 116.6 rating... RB Willis McGahee ranks 4th among active NFL RBs w/ 8,372 rush yards. Ranks 3rd among active players w/ 64 rush TDs (ADRIAN PETERSON, 85; MAURICE JONES-DREW, 67). RB Chris Ogbonnaya has career-best 34 catches in 2013. Totaled 99 scrimmage yards last week... WR Josh Gordon (751) needs 55 yards to surpass rec. total as rookie (805 in 2012). Posted 4th 100-yard rec. game of season last week. Had career-long 74-yard TD reception vs. Bengals... TE Jordan Cameron has 6 TD rec., tied for 2nd-most by TE in single-season in club history (OZZIE NEWSOME, 9 in 1979). Had TD rec. in last game vs. Pit... CB Joe Haden had career-high 2 INTs last week, incl. 29-yard INT-return TD. Has 3 INTs in past 2 games... LB D'QWELL JACKSON leads team with 88 tackles.
Results and Schedule
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Week |
Date |
Opp |
H/A |
Score |
Dif |
1 |
2013-09-08 |
TEN |
H |
L 9-16 |
-7 |
2 |
2013-09-16 |
CIN |
A |
L 10-20 |
-10 |
3 |
2013-09-22 |
CHI |
H |
L 23-40 |
-17 |
4 |
2013-09-29 |
MIN |
A |
L 27-34 |
-7 |
5 |
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Bye |
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6 |
2013-10-13 |
NYJ |
A |
W 19-6 |
+13 |
7 |
2013-10-20 |
BAL |
H |
W 19-16 |
+3 |
8 |
2013-10-27 |
OAK |
A |
L 18-21 |
-3 |
9 |
2013-11-03 |
NE |
A |
L 31-55 |
-24 |
10 |
2013-11-10 |
BUF |
H |
W 23-10 |
+13 |
11 |
2013-11-17 |
DET |
H |
W 37-27 |
+10 |
12 |
2013-11-24 |
CLE |
A |
W 27-11 |
+16 |
13 |
2013-11-28 |
BAL |
A |
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14 |
2013-12-08 |
MIA |
H |
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15 |
2013-12-15 |
CIN |
H |
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16 |
2013-12-22 |
GB |
A |
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17 |
2013-12-29 |
CLE |
H |
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Cleveland Browns |
Week |
Date |
Opp |
H/A |
Score |
Dif |
1 |
2013-09-08 |
MIA |
H |
L 10-23 |
-13 |
2 |
2013-09-15 |
BAL |
A |
L 6-14 |
-8 |
3 |
2013-09-22 |
MIN |
A |
W 31-27 |
+4 |
4 |
2013-09-29 |
CIN |
H |
W 17-6 |
+11 |
5 |
2013-10-03 |
BUF |
H |
W 37-24 |
+13 |
6 |
2013-10-13 |
DET |
H |
L 17-31 |
-14 |
7 |
2013-10-20 |
GB |
A |
L 13-31 |
-18 |
8 |
2013-10-27 |
KC |
A |
L 17-23 |
-6 |
9 |
2013-11-03 |
BAL |
H |
W 24-18 |
+6 |
10 |
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Bye |
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11 |
2013-11-17 |
CIN |
A |
L 20-41 |
-21 |
12 |
2013-11-24 |
PIT |
H |
L 11-27 |
-16 |
13 |
2013-12-01 |
JAC |
H |
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14 |
2013-12-08 |
NE |
A |
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15 |
2013-12-15 |
CHI |
H |
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16 |
2013-12-22 |
NYJ |
A |
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17 |
2013-12-29 |
PIT |
A |
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Offense Stats Comparison
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PIT Offense |
CLE Offense |
NFL Avg. |
Adv. |
Points for |
23.0 |
18.0 |
23.7 |
PIT |
Rushing yards |
89.3 |
86.0 |
114.3 |
PIT |
Rushing yards per attempt |
3.46 |
4.16 |
4.17 |
CLE |
Completion % |
65.3% |
54.2% |
60.7% |
PIT |
Passing yards |
254.5 |
246.3 |
231.8 |
PIT |
Passing yards per completion |
10.58 |
9.96 |
10.87 |
PIT |
Passing yards per attempt |
6.91 |
5.40 |
6.61 |
PIT |
Interceptions |
0.8 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
PIT |
Fumbles lost |
0.3 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
PIT |
Sacks allowed |
4.0 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
CLE |
3rd down conversions |
40.4% |
29.9% |
38.4% |
PIT |
4th down conversions |
50.0% |
50.0% |
48.8% |
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Time of possession |
32:38 |
28:07 |
50:22 |
PIT |
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Defense Stats Comparison
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PIT Defense |
CLE Defense |
NFL Avg. |
Adv. |
Points against |
18.5 |
28.3 |
23.7 |
PIT |
Rushing yards |
120.5 |
109.3 |
114.3 |
CLE |
Rushing yards per attempt |
4.58 |
3.76 |
4.17 |
CLE |
Completion % |
57.1% |
60.9% |
60.7% |
PIT |
Passing yards |
216.3 |
222.0 |
231.8 |
PIT |
Passing yards per completion |
11.62 |
9.26 |
10.87 |
CLE |
Passing yards per attempt |
6.63 |
5.64 |
6.61 |
CLE |
INT return |
1.0 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
PIT |
Fumble recoveries |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
PIT |
Sacks |
2.5 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
PIT |
3rd down conversions |
38.3% |
43.4% |
38.4% |
PIT |
4th down conversions |
42.9% |
100.0% |
48.8% |
PIT |
Time of possession |
27:22 |
31:53 |
50:22 |
PIT |
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Special Teams Stats Comparison
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PIT |
CLE |
NFL Avg. |
Adv. |
Yards per punt return |
15.9 |
3.7 |
9.7 |
PIT |
Yards per kick return |
21.5 |
27.3 |
23.1 |
CLE |
Yards allowed per punt return |
9.1 |
10.4 |
9.7 |
PIT |
Yards allowed per kick return |
19.9 |
23.7 |
23.1 |
PIT |
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Misc Stats Comparison
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PIT |
CLE |
NFL Avg. |
Adv. |
Penalties |
6.0 |
8.0 |
6.2 |
PIT |
Penalty yards |
41.0 |
70.7 |
52.7 |
PIT |
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Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game
through Weeks 6 to 11 of the 2013 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 6 to 11 with no adjustment.
Weather
Team vs. Team History
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cleveland Browns |
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 |
2012 |
17 |
2012-12-30 |
CLE |
PIT |
10-24 |
PIT |
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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.
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