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Prediction: Steelers 24, Browns 20
by Mike Krueger | Follow @FF_Today

Player Rankings and Projections

Pittsburgh Steelers
Rank  Player Projections
QB 10 Ben Roethlisberger Pass: 260, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 16 Le'Veon Bell Rush: 60, 0 TD Rec: 5-30, 0
WR 22 Antonio Brown Rec: 5-70, 0 TD
WR 36 Jerricho Cotchery Rec: 4-50, 1 TD
WR 41 Emmanuel Sanders Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
TE 12 Heath Miller Rec: 4-50, 1 TD
K 23 Shaun Suisham FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 10 Defense / ST  
 
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  

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   Bye      
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    
14 2013-12-08 MIA H    
15 2013-12-15 CIN H    
16 2013-12-22 GB A    
17 2013-12-29 CLE H    
   

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   Bye      
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    
14 2013-12-08 NE A    
15 2013-12-15 CHI H    
16 2013-12-22 NYJ A    
17 2013-12-29 PIT A    

Injury Report

Pittsburgh Steelers
Out  ILB Stevenson Sylvester (hamstring)
 FS Shamarko Thomas (ankle)
Questionable  DE Brett Keisel (foot)
 OLB LaMarr Woodley (calf)
Probable  WR Emmanuel Sanders (foot)
IR  WR Plaxico Burress (shoulder, 8/12/2013)
 ILB Larry Foote (biceps, 9/9/2013)
 TE Matt Spaeth (foot, 9/3/2013)
 RB LaRod Stephens-Howling (knee, 9/9/2013)
 DE Nick Williams (knee, 8/25/2013)
   

Cleveland Browns
Doubtful  ILB Craig Robertson (knee)
Questionable  DE Armonty Bryant (back)
Probable  OLB Paul Kruger (fingers)
 RB Willis McGahee (knee)
 RB Fozzy Whittaker (ankle)
IR  WR Travis Benjamin (knee, 10/29/2013)
 WR Armanti Edwards (ankle, 11/20/2013)
 OLB Quentin Groves (ankle, 11/11/2013)
 QB Brian Hoyer (knee, 10/12/2013)
 RB Dion Lewis (fibula, 8/26/2013)

Offense Stats Comparison

  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% -
Time of possession 32:38 28:07 50:22 PIT
  Defense Stats Comparison

  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

Special Teams Stats Comparison

   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
  Misc Stats Comparison

   PIT   CLE  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Penalties 6.0 8.0 6.2 PIT
Penalty yards 41.0 70.7 52.7 PIT

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.

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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

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.