Steelers steamroll Browns to take sole possession of first place in AFC North

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers beat up the Cleveland Browns on Sunday while taking sole possession of first place in the AFC North division. The Steelers avenged their Week 4 loss to Cleveland by recording a 27-6 win.

Pittsburgh (6-2) enters its bye week with four straight wins. It hasn't lost since its 27-24 setback in Cleveland back in Week 4. The Browns fell to 5-3 and are now 2-3 in games outside of Cleveland. Sunday was Cleveland's 23rd consecutive regular-season loss in Pittsburgh.

This one was never really close as the Steelers took a 20-6 halftime lead on the strength of running backs Jaylen Warren and Rico Dowdle, who took full advantage of a Browns defense that was 22nd in the league in average yards-per-carry allowed through the season's first seven weeks. The Steelers ran for 200 yards and three touchdowns on 33 carries. Conversely, the Browns ran for just 34 yards on 14 carries.

Warren, who turned 28 on Sunday, had 102 yards on 10 carries in the first half and finished the game with 143 yards on 17 carries.

Pittsburgh statistically dominated the first quarter, piling up 134 yards to the Browns' -1. Most of that damage…

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