The Pittsburgh Steelers are celebrating after shutting out the Atlanta Falcons 24-0 in Thursday night’s preseason finale at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Even though the Falcons chose not to play their starters while the Steelers chose to do so, it doesn’t take away from the defense’s accomplishments.
“That’s their fault they didn’t have their guys out there,” cornerback Patrick Peterson said via Steelers.com. “This is my first preseason shutout and second of my career. I had one against the Giants in maybe 2020 or maybe (2019). That was pretty awesome. Anytime a defense can get a shutout, that’s always rewarding because that’s something you always shoot for, keeping guys out of the end zone, and that’s what we were able to do.