Steelers 41, Browns 0

Who’s your daddy?

Good teams are supposed to beat bad teams and today the Steelers demonstrated why the playoffs are a very real possibility. The Steelers dominated the Browns from the opening warm-ups to the closing interviews. The Steelers ran for more than 200 yards and threw for another 250 while limiting Cleveland to 178 total yards for the game, sacking rookie quarterback Charlie Frye eight times.

Welcome to the NFL.

The Steelers hit everything in a Browns uniform that walked onto the field, and hit them hard. Even a local fan tried to mix it up on the field, but he felt the full force of James Harrison as ol’ Silverback body-slammed him to the Cleveland turf and held him there until local officials could take him away.

Linebackers Gone Wild.

Next week the Steelers can clinch a playoff spot by beating the Detroit Lions. That seems like an easy enough thing to do, but the Steelers have to go into that game knowing that if they slack off they can be beaten – on any given Sunday any team can be beaten. If the Steelers take care of business next week then it’s likely that the first round of the playoffs will find the Steelers in Gillette Stadium, reintroducing themselves to the New England Patriots who have ended the Steelers’ playoff runs the last couple seasons.

But first things first – the road to Detroit XL begins with beating the Detroit Lions next week.