For much of the Pittsburgh Steelers past two decades of football, the New England Patriots were never an easy opponent. As the two teams prepare for their Week 2 outing in Acrisure Stadium Sunday, they are doing so for the first time in a long time without long-time quarterbacks Tom Brady and Ben Roethlisberger.
In the past two decades, the matchups between against the Patriots were not particularly favorable for Pittsburgh, as New England seemed to be a consistent road block for the Steelers. That is, the Steelers are 4-9 against New England since 2001, the year that marked the beginning of the Brady era that the Steelers struggled against.