Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett engineered scoring drives on each and every of his two collection because the Steelers routed the host Atlanta Falcons 24-0 on Thursday.
Pittsburgh (3-0) opened the sport with an eight-play, 92-yard march that ended with a 1-yard landing run by means of Najee Harris. The Falcons then went three-and-out, and Calvin Austin III returned the punt 21 yards to the Atlanta 29-yard line. 3 performs later, Jaylen Warren ran for an 8-yard ranking.
Chris Boswell kicked a 38-yard box purpose past due within the first quarter, and Anthony McFarland Jr.’s 5-yard TD run in the second one quarter capped the scoring.
Pickett completed 4 of four for 86 yards. Mitchell Trubisky (7 of 9, 54 yards), Mason Rudolph (3 of seven, 15 yards) and Tanner Morgan (1 of four, minus-4 yards) additionally noticed motion at QB for Pittsburgh. McFarland won 55 yards on 10 carries.
The Falcons (1-1-1) controlled simply 199 overall yards, with 196 coming from quarterback Logan Woodside on 24-of-31 passing. Taylor Heinicke did not whole both of his two passes. Common QB Desmond Ridder sat out. Keilahn Harris had six receptions for 71 yards.
—Box Degree Media
