Don Wright/Associated Press
PITTSBURGH — There were no helmets hurled as weapons, no suspensions and no penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct on Sunday when the Steelers and Browns played, just a pedestrian matchup of perplexing teams hanging on to playoff hopes.
Two weeks after one of the uglier on-field fights in recent years, there were no snafus as the A.F.C. North rivals faced off without the main protagonists in the melee. Browns defensive lineman Myles Garrett, who ripped off Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph’s helmet and hit him on the head with it, was suspended for the season.