Steelers beat Browns 27-6 behind Queen and a late first-half surge

The Steelers beat the Browns 27-6 at Acrisure Stadium and moved to 6-2. Cleveland fell to 5-3. Pittsburgh turned the game just before halftime, scoring a field goal and a touchdown in the final 3:27 of the second quarter to stretch a 3-point edge into a 20-6 lead.

Rico Dowdle ran in from 9 yards to open the scoring, and Chris Boswell added a 20-yard field goal early in the second. Andre Szmyt answered with a 32-yarder, then Boswell hit from 37 to make it 13-3. Szmyt kicked a 49-yarder with 0:45 left to cut it to 13-6. Pat Freiermuth scored from a yard out with one second left in the half, and Jaylen Warren added a 1-yard run in the third for the final margin.

Patrick Queen was the player of the game with 12 tackles, 1.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a pass defended. Warren ran 17 times for 143 yards. Deshaun Watson threw for 324 yards, and Harold Fannin Jr. caught 10 passes for 154, but Cleveland managed only two field goals. Chirp's Sim had Pittsburgh at 57%.