PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers knows the Pittsburgh Steelers are hardly a finished product five games into the season.

Yet the parts are starting to come together, and they were on full display over four bruising quarters in a 23-9 victory over Cleveland that made up for in thoroughness what it lacked in aesthetics.

Rodgers threw for 235 yards and two touchdowns without being sacked by Myles Garrett or anyone else. The defence pummeled Cleveland rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel, and the Steelers asserted themselves as the class of the injury-ravaged — well, injury-ravaged everywhere but Pittsburgh — AFC North by beating the Browns at home for the 22nd straight time in the regular season.

The playoffs are a long way off. Yet what was once a distant vision has become closer to reality for a

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