12 NFL stats show how the Steelers feasted on Panthers' dominant victories

At the kickoff of the match between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Carolina Panthers, we were expecting one of the best Thursday Football games of the year. Five minutes into the match, it still seemed to be true.

But soon enough thereafter, the match turned into a Steelers explosion that ended in a 52-21 Panthers defeat, which was not even that close. As Cam Newton said after the match:We have just burst. The Steelers have won their fifth game in a row and the Panthers are now 0-4 at Heinz Field.

Here is an overview of how the Steelers (6-2-1) dominated the Panthers (6-3).

9: The Panthers' initial training was an impressive nine-yard, 75-yard touchdown with a 7-0 lead. This advance would last seven seconds and would be the only time the Panthers would have it all night.

75: It took only one game for the Steelers to respond to Christian McCaffrey in the touchdown pass at 20 yards from Newton, while Ben Roethlisberger threw a 75-yard touchdown pass to JuJu Smith-Schuster in the offensive's first offensive match. Pittsburgh match.

13: The Steelers scored 14 points in 13 seconds when the Panthers took over after the Smith-Schuster score and suddenly watched Newton turn a near-safety into a Vince Williams pick. The Steelers linebacker brought the ball 17 yards for the score.

Here's the picture of a man thinking, "Oh no, I'm about to make a terrible decision." Or at least that's what we have to assume. And no, that ball does not go to Greg Olsen, as the picture shows – it's the pitch that caused Newton's interception.

11: James Conner's first-quarter touchdown scored his 11th season score of which 10 were scored on the ground. Le'Veon Bell has never had more than nine touchdowns in a season and his season record is 11 touchdowns. That's what Conner has now in nine games.

Regarding the total number of yards, Conner still has some way to go to match Bell totals. Connor has 771 rushing yards and 387 receiving yards this season. Bell's career goals in rushing and receiving yards were established in 2014 with 1,361 rushing yards and 854 rushing yards.

It will be interesting to see how Conner's season continues, with the potential return of Bell next week. However, it is also possible that Bell will not release its report by Tuesday, which is the deadline for signing its franchise label. This will allow him to play this year and end his career. Conner suffered a concussion in the fourth quarter and did not return, even though the match was already out of control.

50: Steelers kicker Chris Boswell converted his longest placement of the year (50 yards) in the second quarter.

158.3: Roethlisberger earned a perfect passer-by at half-time after scoring 12 of 13 goals for 234 yards and two touchdowns in the first two quarters. Surprisingly enough, he maintained his impressive game in the second half and finished the game with the same passer rating. It was the first time since 2007 that he ended a party with a score of 158.3.

Big Ben completed 22 of 25 passes for 328 yards and five touchdowns in three quarters (and a fourth quarter game) he played. He joins Russell Wilson and Jared Goff as quarterbacks to finish a match with a perfect passer rating this season.

11:01: There is only time left when the Steelers scored Josh Dobbs at the quarterback. With a score of 52-14, it was not necessary to keep Roethlisberger in the game, and the Panthers should also have pulled Newton for his own safety. For some reason, they took center Ryan Kalil, but were content to keep Newton.

That was the general feeling on Twitter:

1: Panthers safety ejections Eric Reid was disqualified in the third quarter "for his useless roughness related to forced contact with the head and neck of a sliding quarterback". Reid was sent to the locker room after being in contact with Roethlisberger during a play during which the quarterback achieved a gain of 18 yards.

6:21: Time remaining in the clock when the Steelers received their first and only penalty of the match. Artie Burns has been called for defensive pass interference. Two games later, McCaffrey scored his third touchdown (and the third of the Panthers) of the match. McCaffrey is the third player in the history of the Panthers with three consecutive games of several touchdowns (Ted Ginn, 2015 and Lamar Smith, 2002), by ESPN Stats & Info.

9: McCaffrey now holds the record for the most career touchdowns (nine) by a half in the history of the Panthers. He scored one goal and two touchdowns in the Panthers' defeat and had 138 yards in the game.

5: The Steelers defense scored five sacks on Newton, including two from Cam Heyward. T.J. Watt also had a bag and was pressuring Newton when he launched his only interception of the match.

52: The most points the Steelers scored at Heinz Field and their points total at the end of the 52-21 period.