The truth behind Thursday Night Football opener Steelers (me) vs Patriots. House rules minus user catch. I still believe user catch is viable in M16. 2 minute drill, the Steelers put one on the board and failed a 2 point conversion. Defense held strong with less than a minute to beat the Patriots going 1-0 to start the season off. At the end of the game Tom Brady had this to say. "I felt deflated at the end of the game".
| Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots |
| Jan 1, | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Pittsburgh Steelers () | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| New England Patriots () | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
| PIT | NWE |
| Total Offense | 340 | 460 |
| Rushing Yards | 187 | 67 |
| Passing Yards | 153 | 393 |
| First Downs | 15 | 23 |
| Punt Return Yards | 49 | 14 |
| Kick Return Yards | 130 | 35 |
| Total Yards | 519 | 509 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 4-11 | 9-16 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 2-0 | 1-2 |
| Penalties | 2-20 | 5-36 |
| Posession Time | 25:00 | 34:58 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | B.Roethlisberger | 28 | 168 | 0 | 0 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | L.Bell (disappeared) | 13 | 164 | 12.6 | 1 | | D.Williams | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 1 | | B.Roethlisberger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | A.Brown | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 0 | | M.Wheaton | 3 | 44 | 14.6 | 0 | | H.Miller | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | | M.Bryant | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | | D.Williams | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | | S.Coates | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | | BLOCKING | PANCAKE | SACK | | D.DeCastro | 0 | 1 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | R.Shazier | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | S.Thomas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | L.Timmons | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | | M.Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | C.Allen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | S.Tuitt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | C.Heyward | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | G.Hartley | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | B.Wing | 6 | 239 | 39.8 | 2 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | M.Wheaton | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | | D.Archer | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 0 | | A.Brown | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | A.Brown | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 |
| | New England Patriots | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | T.Brady | 53 | 426 | 1 | 0 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | L.Blount | 16 | 57 | 3.5 | 0 | | B.Bolden | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | D.Amendola | 11 | 135 | 12.2 | 0 | | B.LaFell | 9 | 121 | 13.4 | 0 | | L.Blunt | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 0 | | R.Gronkowski | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | | J.Edelman | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | | T.Cadet | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | | BLOCKING | PANCAKE | SACK | | S.Chandler | 1 | 0 | | M.Hoomanawanui | 1 | 0 | | N.Solder | 0 | 1 | | R.Wendell | 0 | 2 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | D.McCourty | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | E.Martin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | R.Ninkovich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | S.Gostkowski | 4 | 1 | 13 | 49 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | R.Allen | 3 | 142 | 47.3 | 0 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | D.Amendola | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | | J.Develin | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | J.Edelman | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 |
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