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THE WIRE
WK 15 FINAL Ravens 34, Broncos 0 WK 15 FINAL Steelers 24, Chargers 17 WK 15 FINAL Dolphins 24, Jets 30 MOVE LaNorris Sellers dev trait up Star to Superstar MOVE Christian Benford dev trait up Star to Superstar MOVE T.J. Moore dev trait up Star to Superstar WK 16 Bills (8-6) at Jaguars (12-2) WK 16 Lions (9-5) at Packers (11-3)
WEEK 11 · FINAL
BROWNS 2-12 · 20.0 PPG 20 – 25 STEELERS 4-10 · 23.0 PPG
THE READ
Steelers win the turnover battle and the game

Take care of the football or lose. Browns did not, and did. Shedeur Sanders did the damage for Browns — 34/50, 330 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. KC Concepcion Jr was the target for Browns — 8 catches, 99 yards, 1 TD. Shedeur Sanders has not had a better afternoon this season. Through the air: Browns 330, Steelers 121.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Browns -7.0 +2.3 -9.3 -11
Steelers -3.0 +2.0 -5.0 +4
SRS is how many points a side beats an average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20. SOS is how hard that schedule has been. Full table.
IN THE BOOTH
Jordan Hayes The armchair coach
Cleveland dominated the line of scrimmage and threw for 330 yards, but 2 turnovers against Pittsburgh's 1 decided a game that never should've been close—the Browns have to take care of the football if they're going to claw out of 1-10.
Elise Carter The insider · replying
Pittsburgh's defense bottled up Allar to 121 yards—a long way from his 284 average—and that's the real story: this isn't a Browns team that beat itself, it's a Steelers team that showed up when it mattered most.
They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.
Shedeur Sanders
Browns
34/50, 330 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
KC Concepcion Jr
Browns
8 catches, 99 yards, 1 TD
Cam Coleman
Steelers
2 catches, 78 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Browns 330, Steelers 121 Browns
Total yards Browns 405, Steelers 223 Browns
On the ground Steelers 102, Browns 75 Steelers
Pressure Steelers 3 sacks, Browns 1 Steelers
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 11 SHOW this game is in the week's show ▶ Watch the show
THE MATCHUP SCOUT every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling
LEAGUE DATA counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy Pass 62% · Rush 38% · 20.7 scored, 30.0 allowed
7.0 yds/att 59.5% completions 4.2 yds/carry 331.2 yds/game 1.3 giveaways/game 9.4% sack rate last 5: 1-4
Primary weapon: Jeremiah Smith WR — 25% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 48 · Conservative Balance 88 Ball security 64 Back usage 34% QB runs 2.6/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.4% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 89 WR 87 TE 87 RB 88 OL 83 DL 88 LB 86 DB 88
Best: Denzel Ward CB 94 Fastest: Jeremiah Smith WR 94 SPD 6 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
talabandrell
Steelers · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run57% / 43% Points for / against21.1 — 25.9 Margin-4.8 Giveaways a game1.2 Sacks taken8.0% of dropbacks Lead backTrey Benson · 13.1/g Top targetGermie Bernard · 31% QB carries3.1 a game
Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Browns receivers vs Steelers secondary 87 v 86 EVEN
Steelers receivers vs Browns secondary 87 v 88 EVEN
Browns line vs Steelers front 83 v 88 STEELERS
Steelers line vs Browns front 81 v 88 BROWNS
Browns backs vs Steelers run defence 88 v 85 BROWNS
Steelers backs vs Browns run defence 86 v 88 EVEN
Browns passer vs Steelers secondary 89 v 86 BROWNS
Steelers passer vs Browns secondary 89 v 88 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Shedeur Sanders QB Browns 330 pass yds
Drew Allar QB Steelers 121 pass yds
KC Concepcion Jr WR Browns 99 rec yds
Cam Coleman WR Steelers 78 rec yds
Harold Fannin Jr TE Browns 72 rec yds
Trey Benson HB Steelers 61 rush yds
Jeremiah Smith WR Browns 56 rec yds
Riley Moss SS Steelers 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
this game as an episode -- the score, the stars, the numbers that decided it -- and a video you can post ›
BOX SCORE
BROWNS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Shedeur Sanders QB 34/503301132484.5
STEELERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drew Allar QB 9/201211017481.4
RECENT FORM
Browns
L 10–20 vs Jaguars WK 10
L 14–37 vs Rams WK 9
L 24–26 vs Bengals WK 8
Steelers
L 29–31 vs Bengals WK 10
L 20–26 vs Chiefs WK 8
W 25–22 vs Broncos WK 7
TEAM STATS
Browns Steelers
405 TOTAL YARDS 223
330 PASSING YARDS 121
75 RUSHING YARDS 102
3 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 3
2 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 TAKEAWAYS 3

Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD
0 BROWNS — 2 STEELERS
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