With news breaking of Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin announcing he will be resting players, including Ben Roethlisberger for the Steelers Week 17 clash with the Browns, the Pittsburgh Steelers slipped to 10.5 point road underdogs. With the Steelers being led by quarterback Mason Rudolph, and a supporting cast of backup and practice squad players, it could be easy to assume the Steelers will simply roll over and die in Cleveland. When you consider the Browns are an extremely desperate team needing to win to get into the playoffs, it only strengthens that claim.
Not so fast.