Reaction after the Pittsburgh Steelers secured a playoff spot with a 28-12 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday (3rd January).

SOUNDBITE (English): Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach:

"We had our ups and downs man but that's a resilient group and equally important is that that's a tight group and they stayed together. I like the demeanor in which they took the field in some of those instances where we were put on the short field. They didn't blink. They'd been in that situation some and they just responded appropriately and we appreciate that."

SOUNDBITE (English): Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback:

"For me the first thing that pops to mind, I don't want to reflect or anything, but for me it's guy stepping up. You know coach (Mike Tomlin) always says next man up, next man up but I don't know that that can be more true than this year. We've had guys step up through injuries before and we kind of, you know, we never really made the playoffs or we haven't done what we done. And to have, you know, there's too many guys to name but Cody Wallace and Al (unidentified player) and Hey-Bey (Darrius Heyward-Bey) today and just guys that have stepped up fits today. Just guys have stepped up and kind of done everything we can to not miss a beat."