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Cleveland Browns survive fightback to beat Pittsburgh Steelers

ILLUSTRATION - A general view of the NFL logo prior to the start of match 10 of the main round of the NFL American football match between Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks at the Allianz Arena. (is associated with: «Cleveland Browns survive fightback to beat Pittsburgh Steelers») Sven Hoppe/dpa
ILLUSTRATION – A general view of the NFL logo prior to the start of match 10 of the main round of the NFL American football match between Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks at the Allianz Arena. (is associated with: «Cleveland Browns survive fightback to beat Pittsburgh Steelers») Sven Hoppe/dpa

Andre Szmyt landed a 56-yard field goal with 10 seconds remaining to give the Cleveland Browns a nervy 27-24 win over divisional rivals the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Aaron Rodgers had steered the Steelers back from 21-7 down to level inside the last two minutes, but was unable to produce a last-ditch response to Szmyt’s winning kick.

Rodgers found Roman Wilson from 12 yards to open the scoring after a lengthy opening drive, but the Browns responded with three unanswered touchdowns in the second quarter.

Chris Boswell ended the half with a 31-yard field goal to cut the gap to 21-10, which remained until Rodgers, who had endured a frustrating evening, cut the gap with a 21-yard scoring pass to Darnell Washington in the fourth quarter.

Szmyt stretched the gap with three points from 44 yards, but Rodgers rounded off a late drive by finding Pat Freiermuth and running in a two-point conversion to level the scores.

But Szmyt struck the decisive blow to lift the Browns to 3-1.

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