Here is a look at the statistical leaders for the both the Steelers and Browns heading into the Week 17 contest at FirstEnergy Stadium.
QB Ben Roethlisberger has completed 295 of 433 passes (68.1%) for 3,584 yards, 18 touchdowns, and 14 interceptions and enters the game with a quarterback rating of 93.7.
Browns QB Austin Davis enters the game having completed 32 of 48 passes (66.7%) for 307 yards, 1 touchdown, and 1 interception and has a quarterback rating of 82.5.
Browns QB Johnny Manziel enters the game having completed 129 of 223 passes (57.8%) for 1,500 yards, 7 touchdowns, and 5 interceptions and has a quarterback rating of 79.4.
RB DeAngelo Williams leads the Steelers rushing attack with 899 yards on 195 carries (4.6 avg.) and has a team high 11 touchdowns this season.
RB Isaiah Crowell leads the Browns rushing game with 653 yards on 170 carried (3.8 avg.) and 4 touchdowns in 2015.
Browns RB Duke Johnson Jr. has carried the ball 100 times for 368 yards (3.7 avg.) in 2015.
WR Antonio Brown enters Week 17 with a team-high 123 receptions for a team-high 1,647 yards. Brown has also hauled in 9 receiving touchdowns this season.
In just 10 game this season, WR Martavis Bryant has caught 49 passes for 765 yards and 6 receiving touchdowns.
WR Markus Wheaton is averaging 16.9 yards per receptions this season (41 rec. for 692 yards) and has 4 receiving touchdowns.
TE Gary Barnidge leads all Browns pass catchers this season in receptions (71), receiving yards (977) and touchdowns (9).
Browns WR Travis Benjamin has recorded 63 receptions for 913 yards and 5 touchdowns in 2015.
LB Lawrence Timmons lead the Steelers defense with 110 total tackles (70 solo and 40 assists) on the season. Timmons also has 3.5 sack and one interception in 2015.
The Browns defense is led LB Karlos Dansby who has recorded 101 total tackles (57 solo and 44 assists) on the season. Dansby has also forced 5 quarterback hurries in 2015.
DE Cam Hayward's 7 quarterback sacks on the season currently leads the 2015 Steelers defense. Heyward has also accounted for 53 tackles and 13 quarterback hurries this season.
DL Desmond Bryant leads all Browns defenders with 6 quarterback sacks this season. Bryant also has 16 quarterback hurries and 1 forced fumble in 2015.
S Mike Mitchell leads the Steelers secondary with 3 interceptions this season. Mitchell has also accounted for 75 tackles and 8 passes defended.
Browns leading tackler, LB Karlos Dansby, also leads the team in interceptions with 3. Dansby has also defended 6 passes this season.
Anthony Chickillo's sack of Ravens quarterback Ryan Mallett was significant if not spectacular.
"I got in the backfield and was able to get my hands on the quarterback and that's it, I guess," Boykin assessed. "Not really much detail went into it.
"I felt like a real defensive end. I should have hit a spin move to make it official."
Boykin settled for shoving running back Javorius Allen out of the way with one hand and dragging Mallett down with the other.
The play wasn't enough to get the Steelers out of Baltimore with a victory. But it checked another statistical box for Boykin, who became the seventh member of the Steelers' defense to register a sack, an interception and a pass-defensed this season.
Linebacker Ryan Shazier (3.5 sacks/1 interception/6 passes defensed), linebacker Ryan Shazier (3/1/4), safety Robert Golden (3/1/7), cornerback William Gay (1/1/6), defensive end Stephon Tuitt (4.5/1/1) linebacker Ryan Shazier (2/1/2) and Boykin (1/1/5) have all made splash plays at both ends of the passing game.
And such contributions have helped the Steelers' defense up the ante from last season's totals in all three categories heading into Sunday's regular-season finale at Cleveland.
The Steelers have 41 sacks this season (up from 33 last season), 15 interceptions (up from 11) and 69 passes defensed (up from 59).
Boykin has progressed from spare part at the outset of the season (he played zero defensive snaps on Sept. 10 at New England) to regular contributor (61 defensive snaps, 81 percent, against the Ravens) since being acquired from Philadelphia in a trade during training camp.
"He got the experience over the length of the year in terms of what we're doing defensively," defensive coordinator Keith Butler said. "It took him a little while to learn what we're doing but he's getting a good handle on it now."
It took longer than Boykin anticipated, but he never stopped working to make sure he was prepared in the event an opportunity arose.
"I try to find the positive in everything," he said. "I learned a lot this year about myself, about just controlling what I can control. The way everything played out, when I got my opportunity I made the most of it. I'm just trying to capitalize on that every single game."
The Browns game offers another opportunity to keep padding the stats, but more important than any of that is the opportunity to keep playing in the postseason, an opportunity that won't be available to the Steelers if they don't win in Cleveland.
"Hopefully I can get another sack, another pick, more pass break-ups, more tackles, make an impact and go out there and make plays," Boykin said. "That's what I pride myself on doing.
"I feel like I've been coming on strong these last couple games but none of that stuff is really important right now. I'm trying to focus on getting to the playoffs even though it's kind of out of our hands. We have to win this game and see what happens. But I'm confident good things will happen for me specifically if I just continue to do what I do."
Should Boykin add another sack in Cleveland, it might be more celebrated than his first sack with the Steelers and the second of his career turned out to be during the team's review of the Ravens game.
"They complemented me, but when you watch the film on Monday and we don't win it's not as pleasant as it would have been," Boykin said. "We have to go out and take care of business and all the stats and things like that will be more fun if we do what we're supposed to do."
STATUS REPORT
Questionable - WR Martavis Bryant (illness), CB Doran Grant (groin)
Probable - S Will Allen (not injury related), CB Robert Golden (back), CB William Gay (not injury related), LB William Gay (illness), TE Ben Roethlisberger (not injury related), S Michael Mitchell (shoulder), QB Ben Roethlisberger (illness), LB Ryan Shazier (not injury related), TE Martavis Bryant (not injury related)
