Big Chicagoan wrote:
SF has the best Defense in the league and are playing the lowly Cardinals. Plus they have a kick returner in Ginn that could run one back. Pitt has been underwhelming this year in the defense category and lack a dynamic returner. And even though they play the Browns which have a bad record, they did just get Hillis back and always seem to play tough against the Steelers with it being a divisional game.
It's a toss up. I have both in one of my leagues, and I am rolling with Pittsburgh. The Steelers also have a good return man. Antonio Brown ran a punt back for a score last week, and Ginn hasn't done anything since week one.
I think Arizona, who quietly has won four of five, is a much more formidable offense than the Browns. Hillis may play if his bruised vagina has healed enough. Even so, he is bad, and so are his backups. Their receiving core is one of the worst in the league.
Kolb > McCoy
Wells, Stephens-Howling, & Smith > Hillis, Hardesty, & Ogbonnaya
Fitzgerald, Doucet, & Roberts > Massaquoi, Little, & Cribbs
FWIW, Arizona is at home, and the Browns are on the road.
Patrick Willis isn't going to play on Sunday.
The Browns have scored 52 points in their last six with the Steelers. That is not exactly playing them tough.