Steelers take the hits, then thump Browns
PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger played through a painful left leg injury to lead the Steelers to a 14-3 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night.

PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger played through a painful left leg injury to lead the Steelers to a 14-3 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night.
Roethlisberger passed for 280 yards and two touchdowns, including a 79-yard scoring strike to Antonio Brown with 2 minutes, 52 seconds remaining to help the Steelers (10-3) win for the eighth time in nine games.
Roethlisberger went to the locker room for X-rays following a gruesome second-quarter sack, but returned to start the second half, passing for 178 yards after the break.
Steelers 14, Browns 3
Cleveland 3 0 0 0 – 3
Pittsburgh 7 0 0 7 – 14
First quarter
Cle–FG Dawson 20, 9:22.
Pit–Cotchery 11 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 6:12.
Fourth quarter
Pit–A.Brown 79 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 2:52.
A: 60,754. Cle Pit
First downs 19 20
Total Net Yards 304 416
Rushes-yards 30-98 28-147
Passing 206 269
Punt Returns 3-29 0-0
Kickoff Returns 2-39 2-31
Interceptions Ret. 1-29 2-33
Comp-Att-Int 19-36-2 16-23-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-16 2-11
Punts 6-34.2 4-41.3
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-2
Penalties-Yards 6-54 12-97
Time of Possession 32:18 27:42
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: Cleveland, Ogbonnaya 2-31, Hillis 10-25, Hardesty 11-24, McCoy 6-15, Cribbs 1-3. Pittsburgh, Mendenhall 18-76, Redman 6-35, Wallace 1-21, Moore 3-15.
Passing: Cleveland, McCoy 18-35-2-209, Wallace 1-1-0-13. Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 16-21-1-280, C.Batch 0-2-0-0.
Receiving: Cleveland, Moore 4-55, Massaquoi 3-44, Cribbs 2-38, Little 2-25, Norwood 2-21, Smith 2-19, Watson 2-11, Hardesty 2-9. Pittsburgh, A.Brown 5-151, Wallace 4-57, Cotchery 2-33, Johnson 2-22, Miller 2-11, Ward 1-6.
Missed Field Goals: None.