The Browns are on the road against a bitter rival, playing for a lame duck coach who is 100% certain to be fired next week. Furthermore, our Browns have been hit by a rash of injuries at defensive back that mean we'll have to watch another afternoon of Buster Skrine getting lit up. The injuries don't end there however. Brandon Weeden is almost certainly out and Colt McCoy if he plays has already missed one day of reps with the first team because his shoulder is sore. Finally, Trent Richardson's ankle injury looked very bad last Sunday. Luckily it's a severe strain and Richardson wants 1000 yards badly so he may just suck it up and play but as a Browns fan, I'd hope that Richardson is ruled out. We need him healthy in the off season so he can be ready to step it up a level in 2013.
The only interesting element is that Thad Lewis, our third string QB, may play and he has an interesting skill set including the ability to run the ball. If Lewis plays he may indeed turn a few third downs that the Browns have failed on all year. But it won't be enough. The Steelers D will confuse and generally contain Lewis (or Colt for that matter) and the Browns will surely take it on the chin this Sunday.
BL Predicts:
Steelers 27
Browns 10
The Browns are 9-6 year to date in predicting the outcome of our Browns games.
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