The Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the New England Patriots 17-14 Sunday afternoon at Acrisure Stadium in what would best be described as an ugly slugfest. The offense again looked out-of-sync for most of the contest and the defense struggled to effectively put pressure on Mac Jones with four rushers without T.J. Watt out there.
While the Steelers’ defense did well for most of the game at stifling the run game early in the game, the Patriots got into a rhythm in the final moments, ripping off big runs on first and second down to set the offense up with third-and-short conversion attempts.