2016 Week 7 · Sun, Oct 23, 2016 · Heinz Field
New England PatriotsWinner
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Pittsburgh Steelers
16
NE -7.5 ✓U 49 ✓
New England Patriots 27–16.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · PIT
29/47, 281 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
-0.0 expected points added · -1.5% completion over expected
Passing · NE
19/26, 222 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT
13.9 expected points added · +5.3% completion over expected
Receiving · PIT
7/11 for 106 yds, 0 TD
24% of team targets · -2.4 expected points added
Full stat lines
Box score
New England Patriots
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 19/26 | 222 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13.9 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeGarrette Blount | 24 | 127 | 5.3 | 2 | 3.8 |
| Tom Brady | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 1.1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Gronkowski | 4 | 4 | 93 | 1 | 15% | 10.0 |
| Julian Edelman | 9 | 10 | 60 | 0 | 38% | 0.6 |
| James White | 2 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 19% | 4.2 |
| Chris Hogan | 2 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 8% | -2.5 |
| LeGarrette Blount | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4% | 0.3 |
| Martellus Bennett | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8% | -1.4 |
| Brandon Bolden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | -1.3 |
| Malcolm Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | -1.3 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Chung | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Malcolm Butler | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Eric Rowe | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Devin McCourty | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Collins | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dont'a Hightower | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Ryan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Malcom Brown | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Ninkovich | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Branch | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Steelers
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landry Jones | 29/47 | 281 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -0.0 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le'Veon Bell | 21 | 81 | 3.9 | 0 | -2.2 |
| Antonio Brown | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.9 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Brown | 7 | 11 | 106 | 0 | 24% | -2.4 |
| Le'Veon Bell | 10 | 13 | 68 | 0 | 28% | 1.0 |
| Cobi Hamilton | 3 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 13% | 3.3 |
| Darrius Heyward-Bey | 3 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 15% | 1.0 |
| Jesse James | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 4% | 1.0 |
| Xavier Grimble | 2 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 11% | -2.6 |
| David Johnson | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2% | -0.3 |
| Sammie Coates | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2% | -0.9 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Timmons | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarvis Jones | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Gay | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Williams | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Artie Burns | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Golden | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Cockrell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Shazier | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- NE -7.5
- Closing total
- 49
- NE moneyline
- -295
- PIT moneyline
- +260
Patriots closed -7.5 and covered, winning by 11.
Total closed 49; the game landed 43 — under by 6.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Heinz Field
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- 63°F, wind 13 mph
- Referee
- Craig Wrolstad
- Rest
- NE 7 days · PIT 7 days
- Coaches
- Bill Belichick vs Mike Tomlin