Steelers-Browns NFL Week 8: What You Need To Know

PITTSBURGH, PA — Coming off of their bye week, the Steelers hope to do in Cleveland what they could not do in Pittsburgh during last January's dreadfully disappointing playoff game: Defeat the Browns.

That won't be as easy as it's been for, oh, decades. The Steelers (3-3) are looking up at the Browns (4-3) in the rough and tumble AFC North. The Browns defeated the Denver Broncos last week without starting quarterback Baker Mayfield, running backs Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt, All-Pro tackle Jack Conklin and others. Mayfield and Chubb could return Sunday.

The Steelers enter the game with no significant injuries; an inconsistent defense that is lockdown at times while leaving the barn door open at others; and an offense that this season has stunk like a seafood restaurant's dumpster contents on a 90-degree day.

About the only certainty about Sunday's game is that it will not be 90 degrees in Cleveland on Sunday.

Here's what you need to know about the game:

• Where: FirstEnergy Stadium

• When: Sunday, 1 p.m.

• Forecast: Cloudy, temperatures in the mid-50s.

• Favored: Browns by 3.5, according to Oddshark.com.

• Last meeting: Jan. 21, 2021, Browns won 48-37.

• All-time series: Steelers lead 77-61-1.

• Streak: Browns won the last two games against the Steelers.

• TV: CBS, with Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson.

• Radio: WDVE-FM with Bill Hillgrove, Craig Wolfley, Missi Matthews and Max Starks.

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