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Updated Dec 10, 2009 3:40 AM ET
     
 
--QB Tim Couch was playing when the Browns beat the Steelers 33-13 on Oct. 5, 2003. Since then Kelly Holcomb, Jeff Garcia, Trent Dilfer, Charlie Frye, Derek Anderson and Bruce Gradkowski have started for Cleveland against the Steelers and lost.

Gradkowski did beat the Steelers as the Raiders quarterback last week. He started for the Browns in the final game of 2008. He was their fourth quarterback last season and played because of injuries suffered by Anderson, Brady Quinn and Ken Dorsey. Gradkowski was 5 of 16 for 18 yards and two interceptions. His passer rating was 1.0.

--QB Bernie Kosar played in an era when the Browns dominated the Steelers. He passed for 414 yards in a game against the Steelers on Nov. 23, 1986, in a game the Browns won 37-31. The victory was the second in line during a seven-game Browns winning streak.

--The Steelers' dominance of the Browns goes beyond the 12-game winning streak. Pittsburgh has beaten the Browns 18 times in 19 games. That includes a playoff game the Browns lost 36-33 on Jan. 5, 2003 in Heinz Field.

--The Browns' team photo was on the chair of each player in the locker room Monday. It was out of date. The picture was taken on the first weekend of the season. Sixteen players are new to the roster since then.

--The Browns have hired highly regarded attorney Fred Nance of Cleveland to be their general counsel. Nance played an instrumental role in returning the Browns to Cleveland as an expansion franchise after Art Modell moved the team to Baltimore in 1996. He was a candidate to become NFL commissioner before Roger Goodell was named to replace Paul Tagliabue.

--DE C.J. Mosley was placed on injured reserve Monday. His right ankle was broken in the first quarter of the game against the Chargers. Mosley played in all 12 games this season, but he was making his first start against San Diego because of the knee injury suffered by Kenyon Coleman a week earlier. He finished the season with 18 tackles.

--DE Derreck Robinson, a 6-4, 295-pounder who broke into the NFL as an undrafted rookie with the Chargers in 2005, was signed to replace injured C.J. Mosley. He played in 16 games with the Chargers in 2005-06 and seven with the Dolphins in 2007. He was out of football in 2008 and was in the Cowboys' training camp in 2009.

BY THE NUMBERS: 19 -- The Browns have lost 19 of their last 21 games.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "It's not easy to build something that lasts and that can compete year in and year out. It's important to do it the right way." -- Browns coach Eric Mangini on rebuilding the Browns.
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