Final Score Prediction
Steelers 26, Browns 6
| Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger |
| Cleveland Browns |
| Rank |
Player |
Projections |
| QB 31 |
Colt McCoy  |
Pass: 180, 0 TD Rush: 0, 0 |
| RB 27 |
Peyton Hillis  |
Rush: 60, 0 TD Rec: 3-30, 0 |
| RB 40 |
Montario Hardesty |
Rush: 30, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0 |
| WR 48 |
Greg Little |
Rec: 4-50, 0 TD |
| WR 70 |
Josh Cribbs |
Rec: 2-30, 0 TD |
| WR 80 |
Mohamed Massaquoi |
Rec: 2-30, 0 TD |
| TE 25 |
Ben Watson |
Rec: 3-30, 0 TD |
| K 29 |
Phil Dawson |
FG: 2/2 XP: 0/0 |
| DEF 24 |
Defense / ST |
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| Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Rank |
Player |
Projections |
| QB 19 |
Ben Roethlisberger |
Pass: 230, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0 |
| RB 8 |
Rashard Mendenhall |
Rush: 110, 1 TD Rec: 1-10, 0 |
| RB 53 |
Isaac Redman |
Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0 |
| WR 8 |
Mike Wallace |
Rec: 6-90, 1 TD |
| WR 49 |
Antonio Brown |
Rec: 4-50, 0 TD |
| WR 74 |
Hines Ward |
Rec: 2-30, 0 TD |
| TE 27 |
Heath Miller |
Rec: 3-30, 0 TD |
| K 2 |
Shaun Suisham |
FG: 4/4 XP: 2/2 |
| DEF 1 |
Defense / ST |
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Game Notes
 Browns On road in '11, QB Colt McCoy has completed 95 of 167 passes for 964 yards with 7 TDs vs. 3 INTs & 80 passer rating... RB Peyton Hillis has totaled 1,498 rush yards with 15 TDs (13 rush, 2 rec.) in 22 games with Cle. Had career-long 52-yard reception last week... Rookie WR Greg Little (2nd round, No. 59) is tied for NFL rookie lead with 50 catches (A.J. GREEN)... TE Ben Watson had 13 catches for 155 receiving yards with TD in past 2 vs. Steelers. In 2 games vs. Pit, TE Evan Moore averages 19.7 yards per catch (6 rec., 118 yards)... Defense allows NFL-low 173.3 pass yards per game... Rookies DL Jabaal Sheard (5.5) & DL Phil Taylor (4) have combined for 9.5 sacks... CB Joe Haden had INT in only meeting at Pit... KR-WR Josh Cribbs has 3 career KR-TDs vs. Pit., most against any team.
 Steelers Club has 29-9 record (.763) at Heinz Field under head coach MIKE TOMLIN... Seek 8th consecutive win at home vs. Browns... QB Ben Roethlisberger is 12-1 (.923) vs. Cle. & has 19 TDs vs. 9 INTs & 99.2 rating. Has 22-8 (.733) record in Dec... RB Rashard Mendenhall has 3 rush TDs in past 2 vs. Browns. Incl. postseason, Mendenhall has 25 rush TDs in past 30 games... WR Mike Wallace (977) needs 23 receiving yards to reach 1,000 for 2nd consecutive season (1,257 in '10). In past 2 vs. Browns, Wallace has totaled 6 rec. for 195 yards (32.5 avg.) with 2 TD rec. WR Hines Ward (12,021) became 19th player in NFL history to reach 12,000 rec. yards last week... Defense allows NFL-low 273.8 yards per game in '11... Pit. has 5 INTs in past 2 games vs. Cle... LB James Harrison has 8 sacks in 8 games in' 11... CB Ike Taylor has INT in each of past 2 games... S Troy Polamalu has 5 career INTs vs. Browns, most against any team... WR-PR Antonio Brown had 60-yard PR-TD last week, 1st PR-TD of career.
Results and Schedule
| Cleveland Browns |
| Week |
Date |
Opp |
H/A |
Score |
Dif |
| 1 |
2011-09-11 |
CIN |
H |
L 17-27 |
-10 |
| 2 |
2011-09-18 |
IND |
A |
W 27-19 |
+8 |
| 3 |
2011-09-25 |
MIA |
H |
W 17-16 |
+1 |
| 4 |
2011-10-02 |
TEN |
H |
L 13-31 |
-18 |
| 5 |
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Bye |
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| 6 |
2011-10-16 |
OAK |
A |
L 17-24 |
-7 |
| 7 |
2011-10-23 |
SEA |
H |
W 6-3 |
+3 |
| 8 |
2011-10-30 |
SF |
A |
L 10-20 |
-10 |
| 9 |
2011-11-06 |
HOU |
A |
L 12-30 |
-18 |
| 10 |
2011-11-13 |
STL |
H |
L 12-13 |
-1 |
| 11 |
2011-11-20 |
JAC |
H |
W 14-10 |
+4 |
| 12 |
2011-11-27 |
CIN |
A |
L 20-23 |
-3 |
| 13 |
2011-12-04 |
BAL |
H |
L 10-24 |
-14 |
| 14 |
2011-12-08 |
PIT |
A |
L 3-14 |
-11 |
| 15 |
2011-12-18 |
ARI |
A |
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| 16 |
2011-12-24 |
BAL |
A |
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| 17 |
2012-01-01 |
PIT |
H |
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| Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Week |
Date |
Opp |
H/A |
Score |
Dif |
| 1 |
2011-09-11 |
BAL |
A |
L 7-35 |
-28 |
| 2 |
2011-09-18 |
SEA |
H |
W 24-0 |
+24 |
| 3 |
2011-09-25 |
IND |
A |
W 23-20 |
+3 |
| 4 |
2011-10-02 |
HOU |
A |
L 10-17 |
-7 |
| 5 |
2011-10-09 |
TEN |
H |
W 38-17 |
+21 |
| 6 |
2011-10-16 |
JAC |
H |
W 17-13 |
+4 |
| 7 |
2011-10-23 |
ARI |
A |
W 32-20 |
+12 |
| 8 |
2011-10-30 |
NE |
H |
W 25-17 |
+8 |
| 9 |
2011-11-06 |
BAL |
H |
L 20-23 |
-3 |
| 10 |
2011-11-13 |
CIN |
A |
W 24-17 |
+7 |
| 11 |
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Bye |
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| 12 |
2011-11-27 |
KC |
A |
W 13-9 |
+4 |
| 13 |
2011-12-04 |
CIN |
H |
W 35-7 |
+28 |
| 14 |
2011-12-08 |
CLE |
H |
W 14-3 |
+11 |
| 15 |
2011-12-19 |
SF |
A |
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| 16 |
2011-12-24 |
STL |
H |
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| 17 |
2012-01-01 |
CLE |
A |
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Offense Stats Comparison
| |
CLE
Offense |
PIT
Offense |
NFL
Avg. |
Adv. |
| Points for |
12.0 |
23.0 |
21.3 |
PIT |
| Rushing yards |
96.3 |
103.7 |
116.3 |
PIT |
| Rushing yards per attempt |
3.87 |
3.86 |
4.18 |
CLE |
| Completion % |
60.5% |
64.9% |
60.0% |
PIT |
| Passing yards |
177.3 |
242.3 |
222.9 |
PIT |
| Passing yards per completion |
9.92 |
10.75 |
11.11 |
PIT |
| Passing yards per attempt |
5.99 |
6.98 |
6.66 |
PIT |
| Interceptions |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
- |
| Fumbles lost |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
PIT |
| Sacks allowed |
2.8 |
3.0 |
2.3 |
CLE |
| 3rd down conversions |
35.4% |
44.3% |
37.6% |
PIT |
| 4th down conversions |
83.3% |
100.0% |
45.7% |
PIT |
| Time of possession |
27:20 |
33:10 |
30:15 |
PIT |
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Defense Stats Comparison
| |
CLE
Defense |
PIT
Defense |
NFL
Avg. |
Adv. |
| Points against |
20.0 |
14.3 |
21.3 |
PIT |
| Rushing yards |
175.0 |
87.0 |
116.3 |
PIT |
| Rushing yards per attempt |
4.84 |
3.41 |
4.18 |
PIT |
| Completion % |
57.7% |
58.2% |
60.0% |
CLE |
| Passing yards |
168.8 |
167.3 |
222.9 |
PIT |
| Passing yards per completion |
10.84 |
9.28 |
11.11 |
PIT |
| Passing yards per attempt |
6.26 |
5.41 |
6.66 |
PIT |
| INT return |
0.3 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
PIT |
| Fumble recoveries |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
PIT |
| Sacks |
1.0 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
PIT |
| 3rd down conversions |
46.1% |
42.6% |
37.6% |
PIT |
| 4th down conversions |
40.0% |
100.0% |
45.7% |
CLE |
| Time of possession |
32:40 |
26:50 |
30:15 |
PIT |
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Special Teams Stats Comparison
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CLE |
PIT |
NFL
Avg. |
Adv. |
| Yards per punt return |
6.4 |
11.3 |
10.0 |
PIT |
| Yards per kick return |
24.5 |
22.3 |
23.6 |
CLE |
| Yards allowed per punt return |
14.8 |
9.8 |
10.0 |
PIT |
| Yards allowed per kick return |
17.8 |
25.5 |
23.6 |
CLE |
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Misc Stats Comparison
| |
CLE |
PIT |
NFL
Avg. |
Adv. |
| Penalties |
4.5 |
5.3 |
6.4 |
CLE |
| Penalty yards |
42.8 |
43.7 |
54.0 |
CLE |
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Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game
through Weeks 8 to 13 of the 2011 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 8 to 13 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 |
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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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