Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cleveland Browns – 2nd Quarter Game Thread

And while containing Pittsburgh’s prolific skill players, Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell, is a task almost impossible for even the best National Football League defenses, the Browns might be getting a helping hand from good ‘ole Mother Nature on Sunday with snow in the forecast and temperatures expected to remain in the 30s throughout the game. They kept me clean.

The Cleveland Browns got beat down in about every way imaginable by the Pittsburgh Steelers by a score of 24 to 9. They were out of timeouts.

The Steelers had three opportunities to kick a field goal at the end of the first half on Sunday at FirstEnergy Stadium.

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who has been around almost as long as Harrison has, was excited to see his teammate set the mark.

For the Browns, the frustration was only exacerbated by two penalties – one for holding on rookie Briean Boddy-Calhoun and another pass interference on Haden – that led to two untimed downs. McCown endured similar pressure from Pittsburgh’s defense. With that said, the Steelers are entering a short week as they’ll next play the Indianapolis Colts on Thanksgiving night.

“I just wanted to be better than what I was”, said Tuitt.

“We were on the field more than we needed to be”, said Tomlin. The offense will then try too hard in an attempt to make up for the poor defensive effort, but without a positive result.

“We had the weekend off and I came in a couple times”, Kessler said.

– Bell getting 28 carries and catching eight passes on his way to gaining 201 yards from scrimmage.

“I don’t even know what I did with it”, he said.

The Steelers are 5-5 and the Browns are 0-11.

Harrison helped set the tone for Pittsburgh’s defense, which held the Browns to 33 yards rushing and 209 overall – 126 coming in the fourth quarter when the Steelers were not rushing as much.

The second half wasn’t almost as dismal for the Browns as they outgained the Steelers, 158 yards to 96 yards.

Cody Kessler sustained a concussion – his second this season – late in the third quarter.

Timmons was penalized for unnecessary roughness. The concussion was his second in less than a month.

“You’ve got to lie in the bed that you’ve made”, he said Sunday.

Star left tackle Joe Thomas has taken a diplomatic stance on the changes.

As he was being checked by medical personnel, Browns wide receiver Terrelle Pryor laid on the ground next to his teammate to see if he was OK.

Harrison came in with just two sacks this season, both coming in a loss to Baltimore two weeks ago. Browns back-up quarterback Josh McCown on whether the Browns are pressing due to their winless record.

Two out of the three drives the Steelers had in the first half went more than nine minutes long in length.

Since the Browns were re-born as an expansion franchise in 1991, they have played the Steelers 37 times and have emerged victorious only six times.