DeAngelo Williams: DeAngelo Williams carted to locker room

Haslam bought the Browns in 2012 and has fired three general managers – Tom Heckert, Mike Lombardi and now Farmer – plus three head coaches in Pat Shurmur, Rob Chudzinski and now Pettine. This being the Jets, they instead threw away their shot, and a late Ryan Fitzpatrick interception helped seal a 22-17 loss. Unfortunately for the Steelers, that happened as Williams left the game in the second quarter of the Steelers 28-12 win over the Cleveland Browns yesterday.

The Steelers still clung to a lead, 7-6, with 1:56 left in the first half.

If the Steelers are going to be a team to be reckon with in the playoffs, the pass rush has to be a factor because the pass coverage in the secondary continues to be problematic. Defensively, the Browns yield 244.2 yards in passing and 135.0 yards in rushing. Coons capped off an 11-play drive that covered only 31 yards before it was short-circuited by the Steelers’ defense.

Some fans may see the combo of Tomlin with offensive and defensive coordinators Todd Haley and Keith Butler as a so-so, squeak-by coaching trio after what has been an up-and-down team this season.

The Pittsburgh Steelers had a chance to control their own destiny for a playoff spot but watched their offense fall off drastically in a loss at Baltimore last week. After a brief attempt to get back in the game, Williams was unable to play again and if his injury is serious, it could be trouble for the Steelers. The Browns, on the other hand, could not touch Roethlisberger. “I know they’re excited about 8-8, and we’re excited that they got us in”.

Johnson caught 10 passes for 137 yards, including a diving catch of a 36-yard Matt Stafford pass for a touchdown in the third quarter.

The Steelers recorded six sacks on the day, causing the Browns to lose 53 yards.

“It definitely hurts you”, said quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of losing Williams.

The club will used a search committee made up of Haslam and his wife, Dee; executive vice president of football operations Sashi Brown; and Jed Hughes, a consultant from Korn Ferry, to find the 16th full-time head coach in franchise history. “Nobody wants to hear it takes time”. First, he caught the two point conversion pass after Markus Wheaton’s touchdown catch that sealed the game.

Brown needed the career day to stay atop the two most seminal receiving statistical categories, yards and receptions, as his only genuine competition in the categories, the Falcons’ Julio Jones, posted his third straight nine-catch, 100-plus yard game. When he left the game with the ankle injury, pass protection from the running back position became a major concern. But, Roethlisberger did throw two interceptions and he could have thrown more.

The Steelers went for and got the two-point conversion on a pass from Roethlisberger to running back Fitzgerald Toussaint.

Williams has been a savior for the Steelers this season filling in for Le’Veon Bell after he was lost for the season to a torn MCL in Week 8.

On second-and-10 from his own 21-yard line, Davis was sacked for an 11-yard loss by linebacker Lawrence Timmons, and fellow linebacker Arthur Moats recovered the loose ball at the Browns’ eight-yard line.