Bud Dupree added a sack and two tackles for loss. Cameron Heyward finished with two tackles for loss, two sacks, and two QB hits.
He wasn't the only defender with some big numbers. He finished the night with four tackles (one for loss), a sack, a pass defensed, one additional hit on Newton, and that touchdown. On the very next drive, he came flying in for a sack to shut down any chance of the Panthers moving the ball downfield. Quick 14 points for the #HereWeGo #CARvsPIT pressures Cam and returns the interception to the HOUSE! Two of the victims were brothers Cecil and David Rosenthal, whose sister Michele used to be the Steelers' community relations manager.Īs he did last week, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger wore special clears designed to pay tribute to the victims of the shooting. Tragedy struck the city of Pittsburgh recently when a gunman shot and killed 11 people at Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill in what was the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. Here are a few more things to know about Pittsburgh's shellacking of Carolina. The Steelers once again look like an elite team, and they should be a force to be reckoned with come playoff time - especially if Le'Veon Bell returns next week and gives them yet another offensive weapon.
In short, they asserted their dominance and made sure the Panthers had no chance. They sacked Cam Newton five times, picked him once, and forced both him and Curtis Samuel into fumbles. They converted eight of nine third-down opportunities before things got completely out of hand, while holding the Panthers to four of 10. (In order: Smith-Schuster, Williams, Conner, Antonio Brown, Vance McDonald, Jesse James, and Jaylen Samuels.) The Steelers converted all four of their red-zone trips into touchdowns on their way to scoring 52 points.
Six different Steelers found the end zone by the end of the third quarter, and a seventh did so on the first snap of the fourth. Six different Steelers had multiple catches. Ben Roethlisberger finished 22 of 25 for 328 yards and three touchdowns, giving him a perfect 158.3 passer rating. They never looked back, pouring it on even more in the second half. By the end of the first half, the Steelers had 296 total yards (11.8 per play) and 31 points, along with a 17-point lead. Just 13 seconds after the Panthers had taken a 7-0 lead, they were down 14-7.Ĭarolina went three and out on its next drive, and then the Steelers calmly stuffed the ball down the throats of the Panther defense with James Conner, who ended the drive with his 10th touchdown of the season. Carolina's next play saw Cam Newton get pressured deep in his own territory and decide to throw the ball up for grabs, and when he did, Vince Williams picked it off and returned it for a touchdown. They rode Christian McCaffrey the whole way down the field, giving the diminutive back six touches, which totaled 60 yards and a score.Īnd then very, very quickly, the Steelers completely took over the game and did not look back, rolling to a 52-21 win on "Thursday Night Football." Pittsburgh's first play from scrimmage was a 75-yard touchdown pass to JuJu Smith-Schuster. Cam Newton and company marched right down the field on their opening drive of the game, covering 75 yards on nine plays, including a fourth-down conversion. For a few minutes there, it looked like this might be a perfect night for the Carolina Panthers.
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