Hines Ward's 8-yard TD caps 96-yard drive. Colt McCoy surviving, not thriving.
View full sizeBrowns receiver Mohamed Massaquoi is out of the game after taking this hard hit from Pittsburgh's James Harrison in the second quarter. Earlier, Harrison's helmet-to-helmet hit sent Josh Cribbs out of the game with a head injury.PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Observations, opinions and some facts on the third quarter ...
• Mohamed Massaquoi will not return with a head injury. He and Josh Cribbs both taken out by James Harrison.
• From the 9, Colt McCoy executes a nice play-fake and throw to Chansi Stuckey for 25 yards. McCoy is showing a lot of poise out there.
• Browns just trying to eat up possession time and shorten the game now.
• With Massaquoi and Cribbs out, Evan Moore is an outside receiver in three-receiver formatioins.
• Reggie Hodges is golden today. Gets his third punt to land inside the 5 and stay out of the end zone.
• From the 4, Browns try all-out blitz. Scott Fujita hits Ben Roethlisberger as he throws, but nobody's covering Mike Wallace. He catches it between the late-arriving safeties for 50-yard gain. Steelers guard Doug Legursky hobbles off the field.
• Big Ben hits Heath Miller crossing the deep middle for 36 yards to the Browns' 10.
• Looks like Browns' red zone defense will hold, but on third down, Hines Ward spins out of Eric Wright's tackle attempt at the 5 and plows in for the touchdown and 14-3 lead. Awful tackling.
• On previous series, Browns finally lined up Shaun Rogers at right end next to Ahtyba Rubin in the 3-4 alignment.
• McCoy completes another pass of 23 yards to Benjamin Watson off play action.