Cribbs knocked out of game by James Harrison's helmet hit on Wildcat play gone awry.
Joe Haden's first-quarter interception denied a Steelers scoring threat. The Browns defense is again holding down the opponent as Pittsburgh has a 7-3 halftime lead.PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Observations, opinions and some facts on the second quarter ...
• Next time Ben Roethlisberger faces third-and-long, Browns drop eight in coverage again and rush three with a no-linemen alignment. Ben rolls to his right and fires to Emmanuel Sanders in between three defenders for a 22-yard gain.
• On next play, Scott Fujita has Ben wrapped up, but Ben throws it away. Fujita is shaken up and leaves field.
• With Matt Roth bearing down on him, Ben gets the ball away just before getting leveled. In the end zone, Mike Wallace turns the right way and Eric Wright the wrong way. Touchdown. Ben is a hero again as the yellow towels wave in homage to him.
• Nice 23-yard gain on a Colt McCoy screen pass to Peyton Hillis.
• Josh Cribbs, out of the wildcat, pulls ball down and cuts to run. His helmet is blasted by the helmet of Steelers LB James Harrison. A brutal hit to the head. Cribbs lays on the ground for several minutes, but leaves field on his own. No penalty because while running with the ball Cribbs is not considered "defenseless."
• Pinned at their 2 after nice punt by Reggie Hodges, Steelers get out of the hole with 25-yard run by Rashard Mendenhall, who bounces off a pile and trundles around left end. Abe Elam tried to pop him out of bounds after the run and Mendenhall just bounced off Elam. Nice tackling.
• Just announced: Cribbs (head injury) will not return. I think the wildcat should be erased from the playbook.
• Chansi Stuckey replaces Cribbs as the punt returner.
• Hillis with a 14-yard run blast on a quick-hitter up the middle.
• At the 2:00 warning, McCoy and Hillis have Browns at their 44. If they can just move into field goal range, it will have been a very successful half for them. Considering.
• Harrison now takes out Mohamed Massaquoi with a helmet hit. Alex Mack draws delay penalty by booting the loose ball on the ground to the sideline. Lou Groza would be proud. Harrison's second helmet hit.
• Browns wave white flag with inside handoff to Hillis on third-and-9 from the 45 with 1:07 to go. Good grief.