Jeff Schudel’s Cleveland Browns-Pittsburgh Steelers scouting report

This is a dream matchup for the Steelers at a time they truly need it. They catch a break this week, however, as they take on the worst team in the NFL. The Browns give up 419 yards and 30.1 points per game. The Steelers have given up 24 plays of 20 yards or more.

Punctuality won’t solve all the Steelers’ problems, and even if the offense is prepared to post 30 points per game, that’s a hard way to manufacture wins with a sagging defense. The Nittany Lions earned their 8th victory of the season last weekend over IN, despite being down at the half. The Steelers are also expected to start rookie Sean Davis at strong safety.

Pittsburgh filled Wheaton’s spot by promoting running back Daryl Richardson from the practice squad.

The Nittany Lions are now ranked #8 in the College Football Playoff rankings and are 6-1 in the Big 10 with an 8-2 overall record. After his absence due to injury, it seems as though he’s back, so expect good things from him this week against the Browns. “Wow, well, you know a buddy of mine who was here, (former Browns QB and Steelers QB) Bruce Gradkowski was over there”. The Browns’ problems were somewhat symbolised by their change in quarterback in the middle of the game.

With the Browns’ offense struggling, will their game this Sunday versus the Steelers at 1:00PM ET fall under the betting total? He recorded 213 tackles, three sacks, seven interceptions, and five forced fumbles in college. “I just want to beat the opposition”, said Pryor, who had a 42-yard catch in a 28-12 loss to the Steelers in the regular-season finale a year ago in Cleveland.

-Browns WR Terrelle Pryor vs. Steelers CB Ross Cockrell. He recently re-injured it and now his season comes to an end.

Losing a game that was soooo close to slotting under the “W” column is irritating, especially after Ben Roethlisberger’s homage to Dan Marino for the then-winning touchdown to Antonio Brown.

One Tuitt will try to develop with Hargrave, McCullers and Ricardo Matthews.

As revealed earlier this week, defensive end Cameron Heyward is out for the rest of the 2016 season due to a torn pectoral muscle that he suffered in their loss to the Dallas Cowboys in week 10. He was signed after spending last season with the Chargers. You kind of just get the ball to someone, and really, whatever happens, happens.

Nobody will disagree that the Steelers were expected to be among the favorites to challenge for a Super Bowl title after coming agonizingly close to beating last year’s eventual victor, the Denver Broncos, in spite of playing the game without three All-Pros in Brown, running back Le’Veon Bell and center Maurkice Pouncey.

Question: Ben Roethlisberger has been critical of the team lately.

That makes Austin the last coach to be fired by the Steelers.

“The business decisions are made up top, but I hope to be a part of the rebuilding here”, Pryor said. This is the first meeting of the year between the two rivals.

Tomlin called the 15-yard penalties on cornerback Ross Cockrell and safety Sean Davis “big, catastrophic”, because they aided the Cowboys’ final two touchdowns. They have given up 223 completions out of 337 attempts for a 66.2% completion percentage this year.