Pittsburgh Steelers put the game away, as McCoy gets his first TD -- Tony's take

One big special teams penalty widens Pittsburgh's lead before Colt McCoy engineers his first NFL TD drive.

Joshua Gunter / The Plain DealerColt McCoy's first NFL touchdown comes in the late moments of Sunday's game. The rookie from Texas surpasses 200 passing yards despite losing Josh Cribbs and Mohamed Massaquoi to injury.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Observations, opinions and some facts on the fourth quarter ...

• Browns take over at their 20 after Steelers punt and touchback. On the field with Colt McCoy are Peyton Hillis, Lawrence Vickers, Benjamin Watson, Chansi Stuckey and Brian Robiskie. These are your playmakers.

• LaMarr Woodley drops an interception on pass intended for Robiskie.

• Steelers punt is nullified by a penalty. Their second punt is nullified by a penalty. There's a flag on their third punt. Chansi Stuckey fumbles the punt and it's recovered by the Steelers at the Browns' 13. That third flag? Offsides on Joe Haden. Steelers ball.

• On third down, Ben Roethlisberger flings to Rashard Mendenhall to convert the first down. Then Mendenhall plows over from the 2 for the touchdown. That offsides call on Haden was a big, big play in the gambling world.

• With the game decided, McCoy puts together his best drive of the day, hitting Watson and Moore -- he was in rhythm in the pocket -- to get the ball to the Steelers' 12.

• Colt McCoy's first pro touchdown comes when he feels the pressure and moves to his right. When Lawrence Timmons leaves Watson to challenge McCoy, it's an easy pitch-and-catch for a 12-yard score with 4:09 left.

• Onside kick doesn't work, but the defense holds the Steelers to a punt and one more McCoy possession -- beginning from his own 3.

• The pass rush may have slowed, but McCoy looks calm with completions to Stuckey and Robiskie as the two-minute warning arrives.

• Fourth sack of the day precedes a pass behind Watson and McCoy's second interception of the day, this time by Timmons. Browns aren't willing to just let the clock run out, calling their time outs -- so Steelers decide to be aggressive too, and Roethlisberger hits Heath Miller for a 14-yard TD and a 28-10 final margin.

• Evan Moore's 42-yard grab on the sideline is a nice boost to McCoy's final statistics: 23-for-33 for 281 yards, a TD and two picks.