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| 11th November, 2007 - 5:08 pm |  ESPN - 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. [READ] |
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