Browns vs Steelers

Cleveland

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Browns verses Steelers

Vegas Line: Cleveland +3 Over/Under: 43

What to expect from the Steelers?

We did the Steelers a favor in our first meeting when Coach Cowher, benched QB.Kordell Stewart and replaced him with Tommy Maddox! The Steelers have gone on and won four out of five games with Maddox has the QB.
The Steelers offense with Maddox at the helm has been averaging around 28 points a game. Add that to their defense only giving up around 15 points and you have the Steelers who won 13 games last year!
The Steelers will mix it up pretty good on the offense with Maddox throwing to his favorite target WR.Plaxico Burris. Once they get a lead get ready for a heavy dose of their running game!
The Steelers defense is always tough against the run playing the three-four and makes it hard to pick up the blitzes. The Steelers defense had five turn-overs against the Ravens in their last game.

What the Browns defense must do!

This is like a broken record every week about our defense! They need to shut down the Steelers running game, confuse Maddox with the defense and put pressure on him. Put double coverage on WR. Plaxico Burris!
Special teams need to play better, esspecially on punt and kick off coverage...they might be better off kicking away from Steelers return man Antwaan Randle El !

What the Browns offense must do!

Forget about the running against the Steelers defense! Protect Couch and give him time to throw the ball. Do some trick plays against the Steelers pursuing defense! Play field position football on special teams.

Season record on game picks: 6-2 What do I think?

The Browns came back from a 15 point deficit in the second half in an emotional win against the Jets. Coming back home and playing their first game back in Cleveland Browns Stadium after the death of their beloved owner will be very emotional for the team and fans! Take the Browns because they will win this for Al Lerner!

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Some after game thoughts:

Another close game in which the Browns could have won! I don't understand the game plan against the Steelers? For some reason our coaching staff thinks they can run against the Steelers run defense?

For the last twenty five years the Steelers have had one of the better defenses in the league and they were beat this year by teams throwing on them!

*Results*

Pittsburgh Steelers		Cleveland Browns

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
A.Zereoue	29	111	3.8	27	0
T.Maddox	3	8	2.7	4	0
H.Ward	1	8	8.0	8	0
V.Haynes	4	5	1.3	3	0
A.Randle El	1	2	2.0	2	0
D.Kreider	1	2	2.0	2	0

Total	39	136	3.5	27	0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
J.White	6	19	3.2	10	0
W.Green	4	10	2.5	4	0
D.Northcutt	1	5	5.0	5	0
T.Couch	3	2	0.7	3	0

Total	14	36	2.6	10	0

PASSING	ATT	CMP	YDS	SK/YD	TD	LG	IN	RT
T.Maddox	42	23	239	2/10	2	31	1	77.4
A.Randle El	2	2	26	0/0	0	25	0	118.8

Total	44	25	265	2/10	2	31	1	80.2

PASSING	ATT	CMP	YDS	SK/YD	TD	LG	IN	RT
T.Couch	24	15	181	4/24	2	63	2	78.6

Total	24	15	181	4/24	2	63	2	78.6

PASS RECEIVING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
H.Ward	9	79	8.8	21	1
A.Zereoue	5	62	12.4	25	0
P.Burress	4	69	17.3	31	0
A.Randle El	3	18	6.0	6	0
D.Kreider	2	23	11.5	15	0
T.Mathis	1	13	13.0	13	0
M.Bruener	1	1	1.0	1	1

Total	25	265	10.6	31	2

PASS RECEIVING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Q.Morgan	4	98	24.5	63	1
A.Davis	3	31	10.3	17	0
J.White	3	18	6.0	13	0
D.Northcutt	2	27	13.5	10	0
K.Johnson	2	7	3.5	4	0
S.Heiden	1	1	1.0	1	1
J.Jackson	0	-1	0.0	-1	0

Total	15	181	12.1	63	2

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
D.Washington	1	23	23.0	23	0
B.Alexander	1	5	5.0	5	0

Total	2	28	14.0	23	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
L.Sanders	1	25	25.0	25	0

Total	1	25	25.0	25	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	IN20	LG
J.Miller	3	127	42.3	0	1	49

Total	3	127	42.3	0	1	49

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	IN20	LG
C.Gardocki	5	200	40.0	0	1	44

Total	5	200	40.0	0	1	44

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	FC	LG	TD
A.Randle El	1	11	11.0	2	11	0
[DOWNED]	2	0	0.0	0	0	0

Returns	1	11	11.0	2	11	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	FC	LG	TD
D.Northcutt	1	87	87.0	1	87	1
A.King	1	15	15.0	0	15	0

Returns	2	102	51.0	1	87	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	FC	LG	TD
L.Mays	3	63	21.0	0	26	0
A.Randle El	1	12	12.0	0	12	0

Returns	4	75	18.8	0	26	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	FC	LG	TD
A.Davis	4	94	23.5	0	32	0
F.Jackson	1	14	14.0	0	14	0
J.Jackson	1	13	13.0	0	13	0

Returns	6	121	20.2	0	32	0

Pittsburgh Steelers

FUMBLES	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FORCED	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OUT-BDS
T.Maddox	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R.Bailey	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Browns

FUMBLES	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FORCED	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OUT-BDS
T.Couch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C.Brown	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

	Visitor Steelers	Home Browns

TOTAL FIRST DOWNS	25	9
By Rushing	9	1
By Passing	14	7
By Penalty	2	1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY	10-20-50%	2-9-22%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY	1-3-33%	1-1-100%
TOTAL NET YARDS	391	193
Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing)	85	42
Average gain per offensive play	4.6	4.6
NET YARDS RUSHING	136	36
Total Rushing Plays	39	14
Average gain per rushing play	3.5	2.6
Tackles for a loss-number and yards	6-18	0-0
NET YARDS PASSING	255	157
Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass	2-10	4-24
Gross yards passing	265	181
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED	44-25-1	24-15-2
Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing)	5.5	5.6
KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks	6-0-0	4-0-0
PUNTS Number and Average	3-42.3	5-40.0
Had Blocked	0	0
FGs - PATs Had Blocked	0-0	0-0
Net Punting Average	8.3	37.8
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs)	39	127
No. and Yards Punt Returns	1-11	2-102
No. and Yards Kickoff Returns	4-75	6-121
No. and Yards Interception Returns	2-28	1-25
PENALTIES Number and Yards	3-21	11-85
FUMBLES Number and Lost	2-0	1-1
TOUCHDOWNS	2	3
Rushing	0	0
Passing	2	2
Punt Returns	0	1
EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts	2-2	2-3
Kicking Made-Attempts	2-2	2-3
FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts	3-4	0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY	1-4-25%	1-1-100%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY	1-2-50%	1-1-100%
SAFETIES	0	0
FINAL SCORE	23	20
TIME OF POSSESSION	42:10	17:50

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