Chris Boswell was called on again for another field goal, this one from 34 yards, to make the score 13-7 with 9:04 left in the third quarter.Ĭleveland, thanks to some nifty scrambling by Watson, looked to be moving the ball until Damontae Kazee stepped in front of a 3rd down pass and intercepted it. Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren spark the offense on the ground, but, as it’s been far too common this season, when the offense reached the red-zone the drive stalled. The Steelers received the football to start the third quarter, and the offense picked up right where they left off. That score would hold heading into halftime. After a big pass to George Pickens, the Steelers got into field goal range, and the veteran was good from 49 to make the score 10-7 with 38 seconds left in the half. Pittsburgh was able to turn the takeaway into points, but it would be a Chris Boswell field goal. The Steelers, with 1:11 left in the half and all three timeouts remaining, started at their own 46-yard line. Stream on NFL+ /aZMxa7msmp- Pittsburgh Steelers January 8, 2023 Coming out of the two-minute warning, facing a 3rd and 15, Pickett hit George Pickens for a beautiful touchdown pass. Pickett passes to Zach Gentry and Jaylen Warren moved the ball into Cleveland territory. Needing an answer, the Steelers put together their best drive since their opening drive of the season. After the extra point, the score was 7-0 Browns with 6:27 left in the first half. The drive was capped off by a Watson pass to David Njoku for the first score of the game. Watson and the offense finally put together a drive, not just getting a first down for the first time, but getting into Pittsburgh territory for the first time of the game. The Browns punted the ball back to the Steelers to start the second quarter, but a three-and-out gave the ball right back to Deshaun Watson and the Cleveland offense. The drive stalled at midfield and Pressley Harvin III was called onto action for the first time. On the first play of the drive, a pass from Pickett to Diontae Johnson was fumbled, but it was ruled he never had possession and the Steelers retained the ball. When Diontae Johnson’s reception got them to the 2-yard line, the Steelers tried to run it in on three straight plays, on the third Najee Harris fumbled and it was recovered by Cleveland on the 5-yard line.Ĭleveland again was only able to get one first down before punting the ball back to the Steelers offense. A time-consuming drive which saw the Steelers running the ball on the porous Cleveland run defense. Starting at their own 32, Kenny Pickett and the offense took the field and did what they’ve been doing in the second half of the season. The Browns’ drive was able to achieve one first down before they had to punt the ball to the Steelers. It put Deshaun Watson on the field for the first time as a member of the Browns vs.

The Steelers won the opening coin toss, and elected to defer their opening possession to the second half. With a win, it would keep Mike Tomlin’s non-losing season streak in tact, but the Browns were in Pittsburgh to play the roll of spoiler.

Outside of playoff hopes, the Steelers were also playing to avoid a losing season. While they needed help, they needed to beat the Cleveland Browns at Acrisure Stadium for any other scenario to come to fruition. The Pittsburgh Steelers entered Week 18 with their playoff hopes still intact.

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