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Sunday, September 6, 2020
Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots
Wave the white flag! Steelers routed by Pats, 26-7
Cam Newton shines in his Patriot debut with 4 total touchdowns as New England stifles Pittsburgh in season opener
Foxborough, Mass. -- The first game of the 2020 season is officially in the books – and for Pittsburgh, their first loss.
New England quarterback Cam Newton was the star of the show. Newton didn't waste any time making Patriot fans forget all about their former quarterback in his debut throwing for 359 yards and three touchdowns, as well as adding another one on the ground for four total. He accounted for all of New England's scores, and while their rookie kicker missed two PAT's – Newton did receive more than enough help from this team's defense.
It was an ugly return to the gridiron for Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, as the aforementioned Patriots defense picked off Big Ben four times and held him to just 176 passing yards on 15 completed passes.
"We couldn't get much going tonight, obviously you can tell that by looking at the stat book," said Roethlisberger.
When asked about the elbow injury that sidelined the Pittsburgh slinger for all but two games last season, Roethlisberger brushed it off and claimed that the injury was fully healed and had no impact on tonight's struggles.
Star WR JuJu Smith-Schuster caught just one pass in the game in which he took to the house for a 50 yard score. However, he ended with more drops than catches after being shadowed by lockdown corner Stephon Gilmore all night. Gilmore wasn't the only pest on defense though. Dont'a Hightower completely stifled the Steelers offense in the run game, as well as the passing game. He recorded team-highs of 6 tackles and 2 interceptions, as well as pitching in with a sack and was a huge component of why James Conner and the Steelers rushing attack was nonexistent in this one.
"We've got a lot of work to do," said Mike Perry, Pittsburgh's new general manager. "That wasn't pretty – and I know New England is a good team – but we need to be better and I need to help Mike [Tomlin] get the players and assets he needs to win ball games."
INJURY UPDATE
Pittsburgh's star free safety Minkah Fitzpatrick left the game early in the third quarter with what appeared to be an arm related injury. Team doctors should have a diagnosis within a couple of days, but anything serious would be a huge blow to the team's defensive unit.
The Steelers return to Heinz Field next week for their home opener to face off against the Seattle Seahawks and their newest addition, safety Jamal Adams.
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Week 1, 2020
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
PIT (0-1) :::: 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 :: 7
NE (1-0) :::: 6 / 0 / 7 / 13 :: 26
Pittsburgh Steelers Key Performers
QB Ben Roethlisberger -- 15/30, 176 yds, 1 TD, 4 Int
HB James Conner -- 11 att, 17 yds
WR JuJu Smith-Schuster -- 1 rec, 50 yds, 1 TD
WR James Washington -- 5 rec, 64 yds
DE Cam Heyward -- 5 Tkl, 3 Sacks
New England Patriots Key Performers
QB Cam Newton -- 20/30, 359 yds, 3 TD, 3 Int, 1RuTD
HB Sony Michel -- 13 att, 64 yds
WR Mohamed Sanu Sr. -- 9 rec, 171 yds, 2 TD
WR Marqise Lee -- 2 rec, 47 yds, 1 TD
LB Dont'a Hightower -- 6 Tkl, 1 Sack, 2 Int
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Week 1, 2020
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
PIT (0-1) :::: 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 :: 7 NE (1-0) :::: 6 / 0 / 7 / 13 :: 26Pittsburgh Steelers Key Performers
QB Ben Roethlisberger -- 15/30, 176 yds, 1 TD, 4 Int
HB James Conner -- 11 att, 17 yds
WR JuJu Smith-Schuster -- 1 rec, 50 yds, 1 TD
WR James Washington -- 5 rec, 64 yds
DE Cam Heyward -- 5 Tkl, 3 Sacks
New England Patriots Key Performers
QB Cam Newton -- 20/30, 359 yds, 3 TD, 3 Int, 1RuTD
HB Sony Michel -- 13 att, 64 yds
WR Mohamed Sanu Sr. -- 9 rec, 171 yds, 2 TD
WR Marqise Lee -- 2 rec, 47 yds, 1 TD
LB Dont'a Hightower -- 6 Tkl, 1 Sack, 2 Int
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Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 1 mph
Temp: 70 degrees
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Steelers 0 0 0 7 0 7
Patriots 6 0 7 13 0 26
Game Statistics: Steelers Patriots
First Downs 7 16
Third Down Conversions 0 4
Third Downs 10 10
Third Down Percentage 0.0% 40.0%
Fourth Down Conversions 0 0
Fourth Downs 2 0
Fourth Down Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Two Pt Conversions Made 0 0
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 0 0
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Offense Redzone Num 0 3
Offense Redzone TDs 0 2
Offense Redzone FGs 0 0
Offense Redzone Percentage 0.0% 66.7%
Rushing Attempts 16 23
Rushing Yards 36 115
Rushing Average 2.3 5.0
Rushing TDs 0 1
Passing Yards 157 350
Passing Completions 15 20
Passing Attempts 30 31
Completion Percentage 50.0% 64.5%
Passing Average 5.2 11.3
Passing TDs 1 3
Offensive Pass Interceptions 4 3
TOTAL OFFENSE 193 465
Defensive Pass Interceptions 3 4
Punt Return Yards 1 1
Kick Return Yards 14 37
Punts 6 4
Punt Avg 36.2 36.5
Fumbles 0 0
Fumbles Lost 0 0
Penalties 5 7
Penalty Yds 40 76
Turnovers 4 3
TIME OF POSSESSION 14:46 25:14
Individual Stats: Patriots
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Cam Newton 20 30 359 66 11.9 6 3 3 61 101.2
Jarrett Stidham 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 39.6
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Sony Michel 13 64 4.9 20 0 0
Cam Newton 6 34 5.6 13 1 0
James White 2 11 5.5 8 0 0
Julian Edelman 2 6 3.0 6 0 0
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Mohamed Sanu Sr 9 171 19.0 61 2 1 100
Marqise Lee 2 47 23.5 30 1 0 1
N'Keal Harry 2 46 23.0 30 0 0 0
Julian Edelman 2 41 20.5 40 0 0 2
Devin Asiasi 3 27 9.0 11 0 0 6
Matt LaCosse 1 19 19.0 19 0 0 0
Damiere Byrd 1 8 8.0 8 0 0 1
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Jake Bailey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Justin Rohrwasser 0 2 0 0 4 2 50 0 0 0
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Jake Bailey 4 146 36.5 44 0 0 1
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Damiere Byrd 2 37 18.5 0 19
Julian Edelman 0 0 0.0 0 0
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Julian Edelman 1 1 1.0 1 0
Damiere Byrd 0 0 0.0 0 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Dont'a Hightower 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 14 7.0 2 0 3 0
Brandon Copeland 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Patrick Chung 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0
Deatrich Wise Jr 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Ja'Whaun Bentley 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Devin McCourty 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Shilique Calhoun 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Julian Edelman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Stephon Gilmore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 1 0 2 0
Adam Butler 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
John Simon 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jakob Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
J.C. Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Josh Uche 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 2 0
Jason McCourty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 12.0 0 0 0 0
Anfernee Jennings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Matt LaCosse 5 0
Devin Asiasi 5 0
Joe Thuney 4 2
Marcus Cannon 4 1
Isaiah Wynn 3 1
Julian Edelman 2 0
David Andrews 1 1
Marqise Lee 1 0
N'Keal Harry 1 0
Dalton Keene 1 0
Shaq Mason 1 1
Mohamed Sanu Sr 1 0
Individual Stats: Steelers
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Ben Roethlisberger 15 30 176 50 5.8 2 1 4 50 39.7
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Ben Roethlisberger 2 19 9.5 10 0 0
James Conner 11 17 1.5 7 0 0
Anthony McFarland Jr 2 2 1.0 2 0 0
Jaylen Samuels 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 0
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
James Washington 5 64 12.7 22 0 0 16
JuJu Smeth-Schuster 1 50 50.0 50 1 2 28
Anthony McFarland Jr 1 20 20.0 20 0 0 20
James Conner 3 16 5.3 7 0 0 19
Chase Claypool 2 11 5.5 7 0 0 0
Eric Ebron 1 8 8.0 8 0 1 1
Diontae Johnson 1 7 7.0 7 0 0 1
Jaylen Samuels 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Chris Boswell 0 0 0 0 1 1 100 0 2 0
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Jordan Berry 6 217 36.1 49 0 2 0
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Diontae Johnson 1 14 14.0 0 14
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Diontae Johnson 1 1 1.0 1 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Devin Bush 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 3 0
Cameron Heyward 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Steven Nelson 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5.0 1 0 3 0
Bud Dupree 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3.0 1 0 2 0
Joe Haden 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 9 0
Stephon Tuitt 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Cameron Sutton 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0
Jordan Dangerfield 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Vince Williams 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Minkah Fitzpatrick 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Terrell Edmunds 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Mike Hilton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0
T. J. Watt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Ben Roethlisbergr 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1
James Washington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Tyson Alualu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Isaiah Buggs 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
JuJu Smth-Schuster 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
David DeCastro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Antoine Brooks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 22.0 0 0 0 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Matt Feiler 3 0
Alejandro Villanueva 1 0
Derek Watt 1 0
JuJu Smth-Schuster 1 0
David DeCastro 1 0
Stefen Wisniewski 0 1
Game Log Ends
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Next Game:
Sunday, Sept 13, 2020 at 1:00 PM EST
(1-0)
@ (0-1)
All Time Record: (9-10-0)
Last Meeting: L, 26-28 (2019)
Sunday, Sept 13, 2020 at 1:00 PM EST
(1-0)
@ (0-1)All Time Record: (9-10-0)
Last Meeting: L, 26-28 (2019)
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Captain Canada
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Oh, that's punishment.
Too bad
Too bad
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well done.
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Cam got us
Thinking of upping to 12 min quarters to squeeze a few more plays in.
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NFL Newswire: Week 1, 2020
TEN RB Derrick Henry -- Week 1 Offensive Player of the WeekHenry led his team to victory in week one with 177 yards and 4 touchdowns on a whopping 44 carries in his team's 31-6 blowout win against Cleveland on Sunday.
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LA CB Jalen Ramsey -- Week 1 Defensive Player of the WeekRamsey recorded 8 tackles and an interception that he took to the house in the Rams 31-17 win over the Carolina Panthers in week one.
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PIT FS Minkah Fitzpatrick -- Season-Ending InjuryLate in the game Sunday night against the Patriots, Fitzpatrick left the game with what appeared to be an arm related injury. Doctors have since confirmed that he in fact tore his shoulder and will have to miss the remainder of the season.
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PHI RB Miles Sanders -- Season-Ending InjuryIn Sunday's game, Eagles running back Miles Sanders left the game and would not return. Team doctors report that Sanders will be out for the season with a hip fracture.
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SF QB Jimmy Garoppolo -- 8-Week InjurySan Francisco's prized leader, Jimmy Garoppolo left the game early in his team's season opener after an awkward fall. The team has ruled out the quarterback for about eight weeks with a torn tricep. The injury is to his non-throwing arm, so he should be fine when he returns.
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JAX RB Leonard Fournette -- 6-Week InjuryFournette took a nasty hit behind the line of scrimmage in last week's game which led him to miss the remainder of the game. Team trainers reported from the sidelines that Fournette dislocated his elbow. His timeline to return currently stands at around six weeks.
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BAL RB J.K. Dobbins -- QuestionableThe Baltimore Ravens rookie ball carrier left the game with a strained quadricep on Sunday and is questionable to return for next week.
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PHI WR DeSean Jackson -- Rumor MillDistractions in the offseason have apparently carried over into September and there are rumors swirling that the Eagles may be looking for a trade partner to offload Jackson.
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Captain Canada
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Sheesh, losing Minkah is HUGE.
How do you expect to fare with that?
How do you expect to fare with that?
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Not sure yet tbh. He's one of the main reasons I chose to run with the Steelers, so it's pretty shitty losing him for the year.Captain Canada wrote: ↑31 Jul 2020, 12:03Sheesh, losing Minkah is HUGE.
How do you expect to fare with that?
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Steelers (0-1) open at home in week two against Seattle Seahawks (1-0)
Luke McCafferty | September 14, 2020 4:30 pm ET
Week one was a struggle – to say the least – for the visiting Steelers as they marched into New England only to get walloped by the Cam Newton-led Patriots 26-7. Not only did the Steelers lose the game, but the team lost star safety Minkah Fitzpatrick to a season-ending shoulder injury. Taking his place in week two will be Jordan Dangerfield.
"I think he'll be ready to step up," says coach Mike Tomlin. Only time will tell if he's right.
The visiting Seahawks are coming off a 13-10 win in week one against the Bengals and look to build upon that performance. It will be Pittsburgh's first look at Seattle's newest defensive leader Jamal Adams, who recorded a team high 5 tackles, as well as an interception in his first game with his new team.
On offense, Seattle’s star QB Russell Wilson suffered an injury scare and was pulled from the game after just 10 pass attempts. He’s questionable, but if back on the field, he’ll be looking to make an impact.
After week one, the Steelers are averaging 7.0 points, which is 30th in the league, while the Seahawks are not far ahead with 13.0 points, which ranks 24th.
Odds: Seahawks -3.5
Injury Report
PIT Minkah Fitzpatrick, FS - Out
PIT Mason Rudolph, QB - Out
PIT Benny Snell Jr., HB - Out
SEA Russell Wilson, QB - Questionable
Team Leaders
SEA Russell Wilson, QB: 44 yds, 0 TD, 1 Int
PIT Ben Roethlisberger, QB: 176 yds, 1 TD, 4 Int
SEA Chris Carson, HB: 94 yds, 1 TD, 2.9 avg
PIT James Conner, RB: 17 yds, 0 TD, 1.5 avg
SEA Will Dissly, TE: 5 rec, 30 yds, 0 TD
PIT James Washington, WR: 5 rec, 64 yds, 0 TD
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Captain Canada
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A win over a shaky Russell Wilson would be excellent. Good luck in Week 2