BU54

Big Ben's legs run Steelers past Browns
By ALAN ROBINSON, AP Sports Writer
Sun Nov 11, 5:24 PM ET



PITTSBURGH - The Cleveland Browns did almost everything possible to beat the rival Steelers. They seized a 15-point lead, forced a key turnover and twice got long kickoff returns from Joshua Cribbs even as Pittsburgh tried to kick away from him.

What the Browns couldn't defend was, of all things, Ben Roethlisberger's legs in Pittsburgh's 31-28 win Sunday.

Roethlisberger scrambled 30 yards for a key touchdown during Pittsburgh's second-half comeback, then set up his own go-ahead 2-yard TD pass to Heath Miller with an important third-down run as the Steelers rallied.

In a game that meant a two-game swing in the AFC North — the Browns (5-4) would have tied the Steelers (7-2) by winning — Roethlisberger's big second half overcame Cleveland quarterback Derek Anderson's huge first half.

Pittsburgh beat Cleveland for the ninth consecutive time. Barely.

Cleveland opened a 21-6 lead in the first half with the help of Cribbs' 90-yard kickoff return that led to one of Anderson's three touchdown passes before halftime. After Roethlisberger's long scramble put the Steelers in the lead for the first time early in the fourth quarter, Cribbs fumbled a kickoff inside his own 5. He picked it up mostly out of desperation and somehow wedged his way down Pittsburgh's sideline for a 100-yard scoring return and an improbable 28-24 lead.

But Roethlisberger, who had run for only 86 yards all season before gaining 49 yards on three runs, led a decisive 78-yard scoring drive. It lasted 8 minutes and was kept going by his 10-yard run to the 2 on third-and-9. He then found Miller for his second touchdown pass, giving Roethlisberger a career-high 22 scoring passes with seven games to play.

Phil Dawson could have tied it, but he missed a 52-yard field goal attempt after the snap was high with 6 seconds remaining.

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Big Ben's legs run Steelers past Browns - Yahoo! News

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K Train

Second highest QB rating, #2 in TD passes by quite a few....not to bad

He had the one amazing run for 30 yards, and kept drives alive but he was money all day with everything

The defense was dominant all day, the 4 scores came on one long drive, a 90 yard return and a 100 yard return and a short field off a turnover. They were stagnant in the second half and DAs last 5 passes went right into the ground.

Steelers have the #1 defense and showed it today, especially destroying them in the second half

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BU54

Ya missed one other thing they destroyed...zepplin.

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Bears always have and always will need a quarterback!! But not a MLB.


10-7-07 Bears 27,Packers 20
12-23-07 Bears 35, Packers 7
Then Brett Favre became a Jet...

Professor

great one BU, LMAO

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BU54

My pleasure!!

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Bears always have and always will need a quarterback!! But not a MLB.


10-7-07 Bears 27,Packers 20
12-23-07 Bears 35, Packers 7
Then Brett Favre became a Jet...

Serrated Shadow

I feel like the Cowboys just won the super bowl..

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RoyWilliams

Awesome game. I really loved watching it.

Steelers D was awesome, it was the ST and TO that cost them points.

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