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Mike Tomlin's first decade with Steelers begins and ends in Cleveland

PITTSBURGH -- Mike Tomlin's debut with the Pittsburgh Steelers -- a 34-7 victory over the Cleveland Browns 10 years ago this weekend -- was so nondescript and businesslike that then-backup Charlie Batch can only recall what happened two days later.

"I remember a lot of people [told Tomlin], 'Wow, they hold you up to a pretty high standard because your first game, you blow out Cleveland and Charlie Frye immediately got traded,'" Batch said of Cleveland's quarterback shuffle on Sept. 11, 2007, two days after the game. "If that’s the case, we have to work every week to get the opposing quarterback traded.