The Pittsburgh Steelers enter this game on a current four game losing streak. Two of those losses have come against inferior opponents in the Kansas City Chiefs and most recently the Oakland Raiders last Sunday. Once again the 6-6 Steelers are facing a team that is much less talented, but we’ll have to wait and see if Pittsburgh can take down the 1-10 Cleveland Browns.

The Browns possibly played their best game of the year last week in a 30-23 loss to the San Diego Chargers. Brady Quinn finally looked like a legitimate NFL quarterback and Cleveland was able to move the ball on a pretty solid San Diego defense. Cleveland has also been more profitable against the spread than the reigning Super Bowl Champs. The Browns are 6-6 ATS, while the Steelers are just 4-8 against the number. Pittsburgh has been installed has a 10 point road favorite by Las Vegas odds makers and that number has stayed steady throughout the week.

Pittsburgh ranks 7th in total yards per game, averaging 375 yards per game but have struggled to score a lot of points. They are averaging just a bit over 22 points a game which ranks them 14th in the NFL. Even though the ground game is starting to pick up with Rashard Mendenhall, this team is still more dangerous through the air. Big Ben has already thrown for over 3,100 yards and 19 touchdown passes. He has two great wide receivers in Santonio Holmes and Hines Ward. Defensively, Cleveland is in the bottom five of all the major defensive statistics. They are allowing a little over 400 yards of offense per game which makes them dead last. Cleveland also struggles against the pass, allowing 245.6 yards passing per game. They were exploited by Philip Rivers and Antonio Gates last week as the two hooked up on several deep passes down the field. The Cleveland secondary will have to play well in order for them to have a chance at winning this ball game.

As mentioned earlier, the Cleveland offense played pretty well against the Chargers. They have been dreadful all year long but Brady Quinn finally looked comfortable and his line gave him to find his receivers down field. Now, whether or not it was a fluke game where the San Diego defense just didn’t show up remains to be seen. If you look at Cleveland’s offensive statistics for the whole year, they are extremely unimpressive. They are averaging just 12.1 points per game and 242 yards of total offense per contest. However, they have been putting up better numbers in their last three games so they are improving a bit. Over that span, they are averaging 22.3 points and 326.7 yards of total offense per game. However, if Cleveland is going to have success against this Pittsburgh defense, it is going to have to be through the air as the Steelers are just too tough to run against. Without Troy Polamalu, this Steelers secondary has been the weak link of the offense. The key however will be whether or not Cleveland’s offensive line can give Brady Quinn enough time to find open receivers. Pittsburgh likes to blitz and blitz often and Quinn could end up making mental mistakes which lead to turnovers if he doesn’t get proper protection.

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