Pittsburgh Steelers 17-29 Cleveland Browns: Jacoby Brissett throws two landing passes as Browns beat Steelers after Jets upset

Amari Cooper stars for the Cleveland Browns along with his second straight 100-yard sport of their win over the Pittsburgh Steelers; watch the NFL reside on Sky Sports on Sunday at 6pm – Week Three triple-header kicks off with Bills @ Dolphins, adopted by Packers @ Buccaneers and 49ers @ Broncos

Jacoby Brissett threw two landing passes, Nick Chubb ran for a rating and the Cleveland Browns bounced again from their upset defeat 4 days earlier to beat the rival Pittsburgh Steelers 29-17 on Thursday evening.

Story of the Game

The Browns (2-1) constructed a nine-point lead early within the fourth on Chubb’s one-yard run after which held on for pricey life.

Pittsburgh (1-2) pulled inside 23-17 on Chris Boswell’s 34-yard subject objective with 1:48 left earlier than trying an onside kick. But not like in Sunday’s 31-30 loss, when the New York Jets overcame a 13-point deficit within the ultimate 1:55 helped by a restoration, the Browns batted the ball out of bounds.

Cleveland followers might lastly exhale when cornerback Denzel Ward fell on a Steelers fumble in the long run zone on the ultimate play for a meaningless landing.

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Pittsburgh Steelers’ George Pickens produced a possible catch of the 12 months nominee with this superb one-handed seize. But is is best than Odell Beckham’s catch towards the Dallas Cowboys in 2014?

Brissett related with Amari Cooper and David Njoku for touchdowns, and completed 21 of 31 for 220 yards. The 29-year-old had his second straight stable sport as he fills in whereas Deshaun Watson serves an 11-game suspension.

Chubb completed with 113 yards and pushed and twisted throughout the objective line on fourth-and-goal with 9:29 left to place the Browns forward 23-14.

Mitch Trubisky and the Steelers’ stagnant offense confirmed indicators of life within the first half, however turned slowed down after half-time, punting on their first three possessions whereas gaining simply 54 yards. Criticised for not throwing deep the primary two weeks, Trubisky launched a number of lengthy balls however didn’t join almost sufficient.

Rookie Cade York’s 34-yard subject objective gave the Browns a 16-14 lead within the third quarter, when Cleveland misplaced 4 gamers, together with beginning linebackers Anthony Walker Jr and Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, to accidents.

Brissett’s seven-yard TD move to Njoku put the Browns up 13-7 with 8:58 left earlier than half-time, however for the second straight week York missed an additional level.

Trubisky led the Steelers on a 75-yard scoring drive – 51 yards approaching the bottom – earlier than the quarterback rolled proper and scored from the one-yard line. Boswell’s PAT put Pittsburgh forward 14-13.

Steelers rookie receiver George Pickens expressed frustration about not getting the ball throughout a loss to New England final week, saying he was open 90 per cent of the time. Trubisky lastly hit him with an extended ball, however it took a spectacular, one-handed catch by Pickens for a 36-yard acquire.

Stats leaders

Browns

• Passing: Jacoby Brissett, 21/31, 220 yards, 2 TDs
• Rushing: Nick Chubb, 23 carries, 113 yards, one TD
• Receiving: Amari Cooper, seven catches, 101 yards, 1 TD

Steelers

• Passing: Mitchell Trubisky, 20/32, 207 yards
• Rushing: Najee Harris, 15 carries, 56 yards, 1 TD
• Receiving: Diontae Johnson, eight catches, 84 yards

Scoring Summary

What they stated… Steelers missing ‘consistency’

Browns head coach, Kevin Stefanski: “That is just a great team win. I am really proud of those guys for fighting. Short week with all of the thing with last Sunday.

“For these guys to return by way of, to start with simply battled to make it to this sport which isn’t straightforward, however then to battle for 60 minutes, I believed it was actually a workforce win. I believe it was offense, protection and particular groups all working collectively to get a W in entrance of our followers who had been excellent tonight. I actually felt they introduced it.

“I am trying to find new ways to tell you how impressed I am with No 2 (Amari Cooper). He is really, really smart. He is a great team-mate. He runs every route imaginable – slants, go-balls, double moves or you name it. I just think he is so versatile. He is such a big, physical receiver. Trustworthy. I really enjoy No 2.”

Steelers quarterback, Mitch Trubisky: “We just have to be better in the second half and I thought the first half we did pretty good. We are getting there, it is just not where it needs to be and we need to get a victory. The first half we made steps in the right direction but the second half just was not good enough.

“Inconsistency, I’d say within the second half. So, it was simply inconsistent and never hitting these performs that we would have liked. We hit some within the first half which is why we scored 14 factors. Three factors within the second half will not be going to do it for us. I’d say not placing two halves collectively could be inconsistent.”

What’s subsequent?

Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady face off for potentially the final time

Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady; two NFL all-time greats meet for only the fifth time in their respective Hall of Fame careers, live on Sky Sports this Sunday.

The Week Three double-header live on Sky begins with the Buffalo Bills (2-0) travelling to the Miami Dolphins (2-0) in a clash of the two unbeaten AFC East teams outfits.

Buffalo, many people’s Super Bowl favourites, have been hugely impressive to start the season, handily beating the defending-champion Los Angeles Rams 31-10, before following that up with a 41-7 hammering of the Tennessee Titans, in which star quarterback Josh Allen threw four touchdowns to take his tally to seven for the season.

After that divisional battle to whet the appetite, Rodgers and Brady will serve as the main course as Green Bay Packers (1-1) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-0) battle it out in Tampa, with kick-off at 9.25pm.

Rounding off the Sunday night action, we join our friends at NBC for Football Night in America and Sunday Night Football, to watch Jimmy Garoppolo lead his San Francisco 49ers (1-1) into Denver to face a familiar foe in former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and the Broncos (1-1) – kick-off is at 1.20am early on Monday.

On Monday night, Week Three concludes with yet another fierce division rivalry battle as the Dallas Cowboys (1-1) go on the road to face the New York Giants (2-0), one of the surprise packages of the 2022 season so far after wins over the Titans and Carolina Panthers. Watch live on Sky Sports NFL from 1.15am Tuesday.

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