CLEVELAND (AP) -- Ben Roethlisberger was convinced he was going to be a Cleveland Brown. He got lucky.
Call it his first escaped sack.
Pittsburgh's prodigious quarterback grew up in Ohio, and as the 2004 draft neared and after a workout for Cleveland, he thought the Browns would select him in the first round. Instead, Cleveland traded up and took tight end Kellen Winslow with the No. 6 overall pick.
''I am kind of over that,'' Big Ben joked this week as the Steelers prepared to face the rival Browns, a team Roethlisberger has dominated like no other during his NFL career.