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Patriots Shatter Steelers In ‘Sunday Night Football’ Opener As Ratings Stall With 2018 & Rare Dip From Season Kickoff

A day after signing ex-Pittsburgh Steelers superstar Antonio Brown, the New England Patriots proceeded to bury the AFC’s oldest franchise in the official NFL season opener of Sunday Night Football.

Roaring to a 33-3 win at home in Foxborough, Tom Brady and the current Super Bowl champions may have even let the Steelers have their lone field goal almost as a courtesy in what was the most crushing SNF opener ever. Certainly, the numbers underneath the final score tell the deeper story with the Patriots’ QB nailing a trio of touchdowns, and completed 24 of the 36 throws he made in the primetime SNF for 341 yards as the Patriots gathered an impressive total of 465 yards.