Pittsburgh at Cleveland
CLEVELAND (Interstat) — The Pittsburgh Steelers will visit the Cleveland Browns on Thursday at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland for an NFL matchup between teams with matching 2-1 records.
Pittsburgh enters after a 30-27 home win over Cincinnati. Aaron Rodgers completed 19 of 34 passes for 292 yards and three touchdowns and ran three times for 10 yards. Jaylen Warren ran 17 times for 127 yards and had three catches for 49 yards. Pat Freiermuth had two catches for 30 yards and one carry for 1 yard. The Steelers opened the season with a 20-13 home win over Atlanta before losing 20-3 at New England. Rodgers is a player to watch. His recent outings include the Cincinnati win, a 23-of-39 passing day for 187 yards with one run for 5 yards and one tackle in the loss at New England, and a 24-of-40 performance for 221 yards and one touchdown in the win over Atlanta.
Cleveland enters after a 21-18 home win over Carolina. Deshaun Watson completed 16 of 30 passes for 144 yards and two touchdowns and ran 11 times for 45 yards. Shedeur Sanders completed his only pass for no yards. Quinshon Judkins ran 18 times for 70 yards and had two catches for 9 yards. The Browns won 23-19 at Tampa Bay before their win over Carolina and lost 34-10 at Jacksonville in their opener. Watson is a player to watch. His recent performances include the Carolina win, a 24-of-30 passing game for 238 yards and two touchdowns with seven runs for 22 yards in the win at Tampa Bay, and a 16-of-22 effort for 205 yards and one touchdown with six runs for 38 yards in the loss at Jacksonville.
Pittsburgh’s upcoming schedule includes a home game against Indianapolis, road games at Tampa Bay and New Orleans, a home meeting with Cleveland, a road game at Cincinnati, a road game at Philadelphia, a home game against Denver, a home game against Houston, a road game at Jacksonville and a home game against Baltimore. Cleveland’s upcoming schedule includes a road game at the New York Jets, a home game against Baltimore, a road game at Tennessee, a road game at Pittsburgh, a road game at New Orleans, a home game against Houston, a home game against Las Vegas, a home game against Cincinnati, a home game against Atlanta and a road game at the New York Giants. The teams will meet again at Pittsburgh later in the season.
Interstat’s game simulator is projecting a final score of Cleveland 24, Pittsburgh 20. Cleveland has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -2.5. The over/under for the game is 38.5.