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![]() Vegas Line: Cleveland + 7 Over/Under: 36.5 The Steelers have home field clinched and I can't see them playing their starters too long! R.B.Jerome Bettis might play a little to get some of the rust off from missing the last three games.QB. Kordell Stewart as came on strong and so has WR.Heinz Ward and I can't see the Steelers taking a chance getting either one of them hurt. They have only one starter left on their defensive line, and it showed last week.The Titans had over 450 yds. of offense and scored 38 points! But they shut the Titans down in the fourth quarter when it counted. LB.Rudd will have to shadow QB.Stewart and Heinz Ward needs to be covered better then last time. The Browns shocked everyone scoring 41 points against the Titans for a win last week! The Browns offensive line needs to protect Tim Couch. The Steelers defense still plays a 3-4 and mix the LB's on blitzes.This cost the Browns a loss the first meeting with back to back sacks by the Steelers knocking them out of field goal position. Picking up the blitzes will be a priorty this week. The Steelers have home field locked and I can't see them playing that hard? The Bengals just beat them the week before and had 452 yds. of offense against the number one ranked Steelers defense? I would take the points on this one! |
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Both teams played their first string the first half and it was a pretty even game going into the half. The Steelers scoring quickly on the fumble by Gay on the opening kickoff for the third quarter was the turning point!
The only weapons on offense were Couch to Kevin Johnson! No running game or good offensive-line play! The Steelers second team players looked good in the second half?
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| Scoring Summary |
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| 1st Quarter: Cleveland - Jamel White 3 Yard TD Run (Phil Dawson Extra Point), 3:29 . Cleveland (7-0) |
| 2nd Quarter: Pittsburgh - Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala 17 Yard TD Run (Kris Brown Extra Point), 13:38. Tied (7 -7 ) |
| 3rd Quarter: Pittsburgh - Troy Edwards 32 Yard Fumble Return for TD (Kris Brown Extra Point), 14:44. Pittsburgh (14-7) Pittsburgh - Bobby Shaw 40 Yard TD Pass from Tommy Maddox (Kris Brown Extra Point), 0:07 . Pittsburgh (21-7) |
| 4th Quarter: Pittsburgh - R.J. Bowers 21 Yard TD Run (Kris Brown Extra Point), 7:31 . Pittsburgh (28-7) |
| Team Statistics | ||
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Total net yards Total plays Average gain Net yards rushing Rushes Average per rush Net yards passing Completed-attempted Yards per pass Sacked-yards lost Had intercepted Return Yardage Punts-returns Kickoffs-returns Interceptions-returns Penalties-yards Fumbles-lost | 172 48 3.6 67 18 3.7 105 13-26 4.0 445 2 119 2-16 5-84 3-19 6-70 1-1 | 376 62 6.1 221 36 6.1 155 14-24 6.5 214 3 84 5-15 2-30 2-7 7-42 0-0 |
| Player Statistics |
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| Cleveland Rushing Jamel White (10-29) Quincy Morgan (1-23) Benjamin Gay (6-16) Tim Couch (1--1) Pittsburgh Rushing Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala (17-98) R.J. Bowers (11-67) Kordell Stewart (4-38) Tommy Maddox (1-8) Tee Martin (1-8) Jon Witman (1-1) Dan Kreider (1-1) |
| Cleveland Passing Tim Couch 13-26 for 150 yds. 2 INT. Pittsburgh Passing Tommy Maddox 6-8 for 97 yds. 1 INT. Kordell Stewart 8-16 for 72 yds. 2 INT. |
| Cleveland Receiving Kevin Johnson (6-80) Jamel White (2-22) JaJuan Dawson (1-19) Jake Moreland (2-10) Andre King (1-10) O.J. Santiago (1-9) Pittsburgh Receiving Bobby Shaw (2-48) Plaxico Burress (3-48) Hines Ward (4-32) Troy Edwards (1-21) Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala (2-15) Matt Cushing (1-5) R.J. Bowers (1-0) |
| Cleveland Kick-off Returns Jake Moreland (1-14) Andre King (3-57) Benjamin Gay (1-13) Pittsburgh Kick-off Returns Troy Edwards (2-30) |
| Cleveland Punt Returns Kevin Johnson (2-16) Pittsburgh Punt Returns Mike Logan (1-0) Troy Edwards (4-15) |