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WATCH: Big Ben has unique, illegal strategy to ward off would-be blocker after pick

It wasn't pretty but the Steelers eked out a win over the Browns in the regular-season opener, thanks mostly to Antonio Brown's dominant second-half performance. The league's best wide receiver finished with 11 catches for 182 yards and on the rare occasion that Ben Roethlisberger didn't throw in his direction, the Steelers' passing offense stalled.

Specifically, Big Ben was just 13 of 25 to people not named Brown and that also included an interception courtesy of Browns safety Derrick Kindred.

And while that was going on, here's how Roethlisberger defended himself against being blocked by defensive lineman Emmanuel Ogbah.