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Watch Patriots' Touchdowns From Last Night's Win
Tom Brady threw three scoring passes in a 33-3 romp over the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers to open the 2019 season.
FOXBOROUGH, MA — Look out, NFL. The Super Bowl champion New England Patriots opened their 2019 campaign by routing one of the few teams that was supposed to give them a tough time in the AFC. New England throttled the Pittsburgh Steelers, 33-3, Sunday night at Gillette Stadium.
The defense stole the show with a stifling performance against Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers. But the Patriots still put up 33 points with relative ease.
Tom Brady completed 24 of 36 passes for 341 yards and 3 touchdowns, playing the whole game despite the lopsided score.
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Brady started the scoring in the first quarter by finding receiver Josh Gordon, who was only recently reinstated after a drug-related suspension.
Josh Gordon would not be denied on his way to this TD Flash is back. (via @thecheckdown)pic.twitter.com/YCpiS3YUDc
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 9, 2019
Brady found Phillip Dorsett to extend the lead to 17-0 in the second quarter.
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Brady to Dorsett= 25 Yard TD #PITvsNE #NFL #NFL100 pic.twitter.com/aGZUskpZjM
— thesharp (@thesharpc) September 9, 2019
Brady and Dorsett connected once more — this time for 58 yards against an apparently asleep Steelers defense — for the receiver's first career multi-touchdown game. The third-quarter scoring strikes squelched any chance of a Pittsburgh comeback.
Tom Brady has unlocked the LAUNCH CODES @TomBrady pic.twitter.com/g1xNlLJu0e
— The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) September 9, 2019
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