Markus Wheaton:

Sitting alone atop the AFC standings, the Patriots can put some distance between themselves and the Steelers in the AFC playoff race.

This one promised to be one of those old-time AFL shootouts. Now with Jones at the helm, the Steelers don’t want him in a shootout type scenario with Brady.

Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski set the tone early in the Patriots opening night 28-21 win over the Steelers. Brady threw 4 TDs and Gronk caught 3 of them