Steelers and Browns enter Week 4 at 2-1

The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns entered their Week 4 Thursday night game with matching 2-1 records, making the AFC North matchup an early test of two teams seeking to build on recent wins. Pregame reports described Cleveland as coming off two consecutive victories and Pittsburgh as having rebounded from a loss to New England with a win over Cincinnati. The supplied reports do not establish the game’s result. Pittsburgh’s offense had its strongest showing of the season against Cincinnati, gaining 411 yards after totaling 499 across its first two games. The Steelers scored 30 points, and Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes on throws traveling at least 20 yards through the air. He had not completed a pass of that distance in the first two weeks, according to the reports. Rodgers said Tuesday that the performance was a start, not proof of sustained improvement. He described it as one decent outing and said the team wanted to show greater consistency by putting together more strong performances. The Steelers’ next game against Cleveland would offer another test of whether the passing attack could maintain its progress.