Cleveland Browns vs. Pittsburgh Steelers | 2022 Week 18 Game Highlights

WATSON. GREG: THEY HAVE RUNNING BACK EXTRAORDINAIRE NICK CHUBB IN THE BACKFIELD AND FAKE IT TO HIM AND THE PASS OVER THE MIDDLE IS COMPLETE TO CHUBB. CHUBB WITH ROOM TO RUN ACROSS THE 40 TO ABOUT THE 43-YARD LINE GAME, BOTH IN THE DEEP PASSING GAME BUT ALSO NEAR THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE TO TRY AND STOP CHUBB. GREG: THIRD AND 9 FOR WATSON AND TIPS ALONG THE WAY AND FALLS INCOMPLETE. BUT THE FACT HE REALLY HASN’T THROWN MORE THAN ONE INTERCEPTION IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON IS BIG. GREG: HARRIS, UPENDED AT MIDFIELD BY DENZEL

WARD. THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS. AND HARRIS AGAIN. WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT BUFFALO KICK RETURN, LET’S LOOK AT IT AND HARRIS DRAGGING TACKLERS TO THE CLEVELAND 45. GREG: SO NOW HERE’S THIRD AND 8. PICKETT RUNNING OUT OF TIME, ESCAPES ONE TACKLER AND THROWS ON THE RUN AND FINDS HIS MAN, 20, 15, DIONTAE JOHNSON LOOKING FOR THE END ZONE AND COMES UP SHY BY TWO YARDS. THAT WHOLE TEAM WANTED IT. TOUCHDOWN. GREG: THIRD AND GOAL FROM INCHES AWAY. HARRIS, AIRBORNE, LOST THE FOOTBALL. RECOVERED BY THE CLEVELAND BROWNS, IT WOULD APPEAR. ALEX WRIGHT FALLING ON THE LOOSE BALL

AND WE’RE GOING THE OTHER WAY. ADAM: YEAH, I THINK THE BALL WAS OUT, GREG. BROWNS WITH THE BALL FROM THEIR OWN 5. CHUBB. RIGHT SIDE. HAS RUNNING

ROOM. ACROSS THE 15 AND OUT TO ABOUT THE 17-YARD LINE. GENE JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE AND FIGURE OUT HIS WIDE RECEIVERS. GREG: THEY’LL GO FOR THE FIRST DOWN OFF THIRD DOWN ON THE GROUND. AND THAT CARRY WASCAR PEOPLE HE HAS POSSESSION WITH THE TWO FEET DOWN BUT PRIOR TO THE THIRD THE BALL GETS KNOCKED LOOSE AND IT’S TURNED INCOMPLETE AND I AGREE WITH THE RULING. GREG: THANKS

VERY MUCH. STEVEN SIMS FOR PRETTY GOOD YARDAGE AND A FIRST DOWN. GREG: SINCE WEEK 13, PITTSBURGH, THE BEST IN THE LEAGUE ON THIRD DOWN. ADAM: YOU’VE GOT TO KEEP PICKETT INSIDE THE POCKET. GREG: PICKETT WITH TIME OVER THE MIDDLE, INCOMPLETE. DIONTAE JOHNSON HIS INTENDED PLAY IN THE FIRST. WATSON AT HIS OWN END ZONE. THROWING UP THE SEAM AND HE HAS HIS MAN. DONOVAN PEOPLES-JONES AND THE BIG GAINER TAKES THEM CLOSE TO THE 45-YARD LINE. ADAM: NICE PRESNAP READ AND THEY FIRST DOWN AT CLEVELAND’S OWN 44. WATSON CAN’T GET AWAY AND GOES DOWN. BACK AT THE

39-YARD LINE, T.J. WATT, CAMERON HEYWARD, THE TWO BIG GUNS ON DEFENSE AND WITH THAT THE FIRST QUARTER COMES TO AN END HERE AT ACRISURE STADIUM IN PITTSBURGH. I THINK THESE GUYS ARE FOCUSED NOW ON HOW TO STOP DESHAUN WATSON. GREG: WATSON SHAKES A TACKLER AND THROWS TO KAREEM HUNT AND HE HAS NOWHERE TO GO. CAMERON HEYWARD, FIRST TO HIT HIM. THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GUYS LIKE PICKENS FOR SOME ONE-ON-ONE. GREG: THIRD AND 10, THIRD DROP AND PASS SAILS WAY OVER THE INTENDED RECEIVER GEORGE PICKENS AND IT WILL BE FOURTH DOWN. INCIDENTALLY JUST A

NOTE FOR YOU YOU. THIRD AND 3. WATSON WITH TIME. NOW RIFLES ONE OVER THE MIDDLE AND COMPLETE TO THE TIGHT-END HARRISON BRYANT FOR A FIRST DOWN. ADAM: A REALLY GOOD JOB BY DAY LONG. FIRST DOWN FROM THE 45. WATSON. SHOOK A TACKLER AND GETS IT AWAY TO KAREEM HUNT. AND HUNT TO ABOUT THE 30. AND THAT’S ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. FIRST DOWNS ON QUARTERBACK SNEAKS THIS YEAR ON THIRD AND 1. GREG: THE PITCH FOR CHUBB. CHUBB HAS THE FIRST DOWN AND THEN SOME, INSIDE THE 15, INSIDE THE 10-YARD LINE. AND IT WILL

BE FIRST AND GOAL FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. AND THE CLEVELAND BROWNS, DESHAUN WATSON, FIRST AND GOAL ON THE 10-YARD LINE. GREG: BRISSETT WITH THE BALL, THROWS INSIDE, , TO THE END ZONE. SEVEN NOW AND STARTING FROM THEIR OWN 25, NAJEE HARRIS ONCE AGAIN BEHIND KENNY PICKETT. PICKETT WITH THE BALL, ROLLS, THROWS AND WIDE OPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD IS ZACH GENTRY, THE TIGHT-END. JOHN JOHNSON MAKES THE STOP. OPPORTUNITIES DOWN THE FIELD. GREG: PICKETT, DOWN THE SIDELINE. IT IS INCOMPLETE. INTENDED FOR DIONTAE JOHNSON. YOU KNOW, THE FUNNY THING ABOUT FELT THEY DRAFTED. REFEREE: PASS

INTERFERENCE, DEFENSE, NUMBER 42, BALL REPLACED ON THE SPOT OF THE FOUL. FIRST DOWN. AND WARREN STAYS IN THE GAME IN THE BACKFIELD. PICKETT LOOKING LEFT, GOT RID OF IT, THIS IS WARREN, AND WARREN — ADAM: WHAT AN EFFORT. GREG: GREAT EFFORT TO GET WHAT APPEARS TO BE A PITTSBURGH FIRST DOWN JUST OUTSIDE THE 25. ADAM: LOOK HOW QUICK GARRETT IS SPOT IN THE A.F.C. THIRD AND 15. PICKETT DOWN THE MIDDLE. GOT HIS MAN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. GEORGE PICKIN’. EXCUSE ME, ARCH. ADAM: WATSON PLAYED A GOOD HALF, 9-12, 118 YARDS AND TOUCHDOWN. GREG: THROWING AND INTERCEPTED.

PICKED OFF BY LEVI WALLACE. WALLACE’S FOURTH INTERCEPTION OF THE SEASON AND COMES WITH 1:11 TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF. THAT LEADS THE NFL. SECOND AND 10. PICKETT AGAIN, THAT SIDE OF THE FIELD AND CATCH IS MADE BY PICKENS. PICKETT TO PICKENS AND A FIRST DOWN. ADAM: THIS IS GOOD TIMING. IF THESE TWO CAN WORK ON THIS ROUTE, IT’S GOING TO BE A BRIGHT 58 SECONDS AND THREE TIME-OUTS. PICKETT AGAIN, THAT SIDE OF THE FIELD. AGAIN A BACK SHOULDER. AND LET’S SEE. GEORGE PICKENS. NO. THE OFFICIALS SAY HE DID NOT GET SEASON. ON ITS WAY.

STRAIGHT ENOUGH. LONG ENOUGH. GREG: THIS IS WARREN. WARREN WITH RUNNING ROOM ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND LOOK AT HIM GO. OUT OF BOUNDS. RIGHT AROUND — LET’S SEE WHERE THEY MARK HIM OUT. LONGEST RUN FOR EITHER SIDE TODAY. THIS IS A WICK PASS TO HARRIS. HARRIS BREAKING THROUGH TACKLES. INSIDE THE 40. TO ABOUT THE 37 OR 38-YARD LINE GREG: ON SECOND AND 7. THIS TIME THEY’LL FAKE IT TO HARRIS. THE QUICK PASS IS COMPLETE TO DIONTAE JOHNSON AND HE’LL BE ABOUT A YARD SHORT OF A FIRST THE INSIDE. IT’S THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE YARDS

BEFORE HARRIS GETS HIT. GREG: HARRIS AGAIN TO THE 10. IT’S GOT TO BE A HUGE IMPROVEMENT AND THEY’VE GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT. GREG: PICKETT CAN’T ESCAPE THE RUSH LED BY MYLES GARRETT. SO ON FOURTH DOWN HERE COMES THE FIELD GOAL UNIT. ADAM: ONCE AGAIN, GARRETT JUST BASICALLY TIES WHAT HE DID LAST YEAR, THE FRANCHISE BROWNS RECORD. GREG: BOSWELL FROM 34 YARDS AND THAT IS GOOD. HIS SECOND FIELD GOAL OF THE DAY, 9:04 TO PLAY IN THE THIRD. THE STEELERS STRETCH THEIR LEAD, WATSON APPEARED TO HAVE SOME DISCOMFORT IN THAT THROWING ARM. GOING TO THROW

IT HERE. GOING TO RUN IT HERE. UP THE MIDDLE, 30, 35, 40, AND WATSON FINALLY DRAGGED DOWN AT ABOUT THE 42-YARD LINE BY MINKAH FITZPATRICK BUT A FIRST DOWN FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. ADAM: REALLY GOOD PLAY HE’S LOOKING AT DESHAUN WATSON’S EYES AND LOOKING TO TRY TO STEAL SOMETHING. GREG: WATSON OVER THE MIDDLE AND INTERCEPTED, KAZEE WITH THE PICK AND GREAT FIELD POSITION FOR THE EYES AND WHAT AN INTERCEPTION. GREG: FIRST DOWN FROM 459 AND BACK TO NAJEE HARRIS. HARRIS CUTS IT INSIDE. 20. AND DOWN CLOSE TO THE 15-YARD LINE. UPDATE TIME ONCE AGAIN IN

THIS POSITION RIGHT HERE TO THE LEFT. GREG: PICKETT TO WARREN AND OUT OF BOUNDS INSIDE THE 5. TONY FIELDS KNOCKING HIM OUT OF THERE FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. GREG: SECOND AND GOAL. HARRIS. HARRIS TO THE END ZONE, TOUCHDOWN, PITTSBURGH! A TOUGH RUN INSIDE BY HARRIS. WANT TO GET INTO A PASSING SITUATION AND LET THOSE GUYS GET AFTER YOUR QUARTERBACK THE REST OF THE GAME. GREG: WATSON, CAN’T GET AWAY! T.J. WATT, ALEX HIGHSMITH. AND DIRECTOR MARK GRANT AND ALL THE FINE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HELP US OUT EVERY SINGLE WEEK, THIS NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE SEASON. PICKETT

ON THE RUN THROWS SIDELINE AND RIGHT THROUGH THE HANDS OF JAYLEN WARREN. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SEASONS, GREG: WELCOME BACK TO ACRISURE STADIUM IN PITTSBURGH. STEELERS WINNING HERE. MIAMI HAS TIED THE NEW YORK JETS. MEANWHILE, TAKE A LOOK AT NICK CHUBB ROLLING OUT CLOSE TO THE 40-YARD LINE AND WILL BE MARKED DOWN AT THE 37 . 5. TERRELL EDMONDS WITH THE STOP AND BUFFALO IN THE LEAD, TOO. ADAM: GREG, LISTEN, THE STEELERS LEAD. JAMES: BACK TO GREG GUMBEL. GREG: PITTSBURGH LOOKING FOR A LOSS AND A TIE WITH THOSE TWO TEAMS FROM NEW ENGLAND AND

MIAMI. ADAM: A LOT OF JOE FLACCO FANS NOW IN PITTSBURGH. THROUGH THEIR RUN GAME. GREG: WATSON WITH TIME, THROWING, GOT HIS MAN ON THE RUN. THAT’S AMARI COOPER DOWN THE SIDELINE AND OUT OF BOUNDS CLOSE TO THE 10-YARD LINE. LET’S SEE WHERE THEY MARK HIM OUT. IT WILL BE AT ABOUT HE — AT MUCH IN THIS GAME. GREG: SECOND AND 8. CHUBB NOT IN THERE. WATSON. UNDER PRESSURE AND GOING DOWN AT THE 20. AND THAT’S CAMERON HEYWARD. WE HAVE A LATE FLAG THROWN ON THE PLAY. ADAM: THEY’RE GOING TO SAY. THE PLAY. ADAM: THEY’RE GOING

TO SAY. HE — REFEREE: PERSONAL FOUL, DEFENSE, 97. HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL LINE. NICK CHUBB BACK ON THE FIELD. WATSON. LOTS OF TIME. RUNNING OUT OF TIME NOW AND GOING TO RUN IT. THROWS. THIS SIDE. TOUCHDOWN, CHUBB. BROWNS HERE, IT’S 20-14 AND START FROM THEIR OWN 25. THIS IS CONNOR HEYWARD, THE ROOKIE OUT OF MICHIGAN STATE. ROW OF NOT MANY PLAYS AND GIVING CLEVELAND THE FOOTBALL. GREG: LOOKING DOWN AND THIS PASS TO THE SIDE OF THE FIELD CAUGHT BY PICKENS! ADAM: THAT’S A HECK OF A GRAB. BUT WHAT A CATCH FOR PICKENS TO

JUST BE ABLE TO CONCENTRATE ON THAT AND BE ABLE TO BRING THAT IN. GAME. ANY TIME THEY PUT PICKENS INTO THE BOUNDARY, THEY HAVE TWO SAFETIES AND WILL GO TO THE RIGHT. GREG: THIS ONE OVER THE MIDDLE AND HE GOT HIM! CONNOR HEYWARD, THE ROOKIE FROM MICHIGAN STATE. AND THAT IS A HUGE FIRST DOWN THE BILLS SCORED AND STRETCHED THEIR LEAD OVER NEW ENGLAND WITH 8:50 TO PLAY IN THE FOURTH. PICKETT THROWING. INSIDE THE 5. AND THE DIVING CATCH IS MADE BY BE ABLE TO DRIVE DOWN THE FIELD FOR THAT TOUCHDOWN. GREG: TWO-POINT ATTEMPT HERE.

THE LOB TO THE BACK OF THE END ZONE AND IT’S CAUGHT BY DIONTAE JOHNSON. ADAM: ALLY THIS TO GO BACK TO BEING ONE DIMENSIONAL. NOT THE DEFENSE BUT SO MANY GUYS UP FRONT TO GET ONE-ON-ONE IN ALL THESE PASSING SITUATIONS. GREG: PASS IN THE FLAT AND NJOKU HAS FIRST DOWN YARDAGE. AS USUAL, TEMPERATURES WERE VERY COULD JUST ABOUT PUT A NAIL IN THE COFFIN FOR A WIN. WATSON PULLS IT DOWN, DECIDES TO KEEP IT TO ABOUT THE 30-YARD LINE AND WILL BE ABOUT SEVEN YARDS SHORT OF A FIRST DOWN. CLOCK CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARDS 2:30

TO PLAY. WATSON THROWING. THAT’S COMPLETE NEAR MIDFIELD TO NJOKU. AND A FIRST DOWN. THIRD AND 6 FOR THE BROWNS. OVER THE MIDDLE. WATSON COMPLETES THAT TO NJOKU AND TAKES FOUR STEELERS AND STILL WON’T GO DOWN. ADAM: HAS TO BE A HEARTBREAKER. FRIEND. GREG: YOU NEED TO GET OUT MORE. ADAM: PROBABLY, YES. BUT IT’S OK. GREG: WATSON GOING DOWN. AND THAT’S ALEX HIGHSMITH. ADAM: HOW MANY SACKS HAS HIGHSMITH — GREG: A REALLY GOOD EFFORT BY THESE PITTSBURGH STEELERS THAT’S GOING TO COME UP SHORT BECAUSE OF THE MIAMI WIN. WATSON. SCRAMBLING. AND GOES DOWN. AND ONCE AGAIN,

CAMERON HEYWARD. WHAT A DAY HE’S HAD TO FINISH UP THIS REGULAR SEASON. [CAPTIONING FUNDED BY CBS SPORTS DIVISION]

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