When they’re on their game, the Steelers can beat anyone. On the ground, DeAngelo Williams rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns in 17 attempts. And given that Brown has been the team’s primary source of scored through the air the past three seasons-leading in receiving touchdowns each time-it seems unlikely that the Steelers can win and Brown’s touchdown drought in the postseason can remain intact.
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Ben Roethlisberger has thrown for 227 yards and touchdowns to Heath Miller and Antonio Brown. He has been ruled out.
With under two minutes to go in Cleveland, the Bills held on to officially beat the Jets 22-17 and clinching a playoff spot for the Steelers.
Everything fell the Steelers way with the Bills taking care of the Jets and the Steelers taking care of the Browns. What a season it has been for the best wide receiver in the NFL.
The Steelers are fortunate to have Brown and the breakout performance of Markus Wheaton, who is turning into a terrific big-play threat of his own. He completed 24 of 36 passes for 349 yards Sunday and also threw two interceptions.
“It’s been a tough, 16-week fight for us, but we’re where we want to be”, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said.
Carolina and Denver wrapped up the No. 1 playoff seeds in each conference by winning at home on the final day of the regular season on Sunday.
The moves would come as no surprise because the Browns entered the weekend 3-12, tied for the worst record in the National Football League with the Tennessee Titans.
-SPECIAL TEAMS: B. Rookie linebacker Anthony Chickillo forced a fumble on a kickoff and Brandon Boykin recovered it in the second half to help set up the offense with good field position.
NY responded and quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick threw a 17-yard touchdown to Brandon Marshall in the second quarter, before tossing a 21-yard score to Eric Decker in the third.
Safety Kyshoen Jarrett suffered a concussion and cornerback Dashaun Phillips was taken off the field on a cart for the playoff-bound Redskins.
Relying more on his leadership than his passing arm in his first action in seven weeks, Manning drove the Broncos (12-4) to a pair of field goals by Brandon McManus and on marches that ended in touchdown runs by C.J. Anderson and Ronnie Hillman. The Steelers scored one touchdown, and it wasn’t Brown who scored. The Browns resorted to Coons’ 39-yard field goal at the end of an 11-play, 31-yard drive, trimming their deficit to 7-6 with 1:56 left in the second quarter.
CLEVELAND (AP) – As usual, Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers found a way.
Bills rookie running back Karlos Williams didn’t return after injuring his knee on a 2-yard TD run.
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While Roethlisberger was thoroughly the more dominant of the two passers, both had troubles at times with accuracy.
