'Do you like apples?': Steelers' nods to Boston-based actors lead NFL Week 3 trolls

Week 3 of the NFL had its just stock of adjacent action, and to the victors went the spoils -- and the accidental to get originative connected societal media.

The Pittsburgh Steelers held connected to decision the New England Patriots 21-14 connected the road. With the crippled connected the line, New England faced a fourth-and-1 with conscionable implicit a infinitesimal remaining but failed to convert.

Steelers backmost Aaron Rodgers threw for 139 yards and 2 touchdowns, and Patriots signal-caller Drake Maye had 268 passing yards and 2 scores himself. Rodgers' archetypal touchdown walk gave him 509 for his career, passing Brett Favre for the 4th astir successful NFL history. Pittsburgh forced 5 turnovers, including a whopping 4 fumbles.

The Steelers posted a brace of references to actors with Boston ties, including Mark Wahlberg from the movie "Ted" and an edit with Matt Damon successful "Good Will Hunting." Damon acts arsenic the Steelers showing a "W" to the Patriots successful the celebrated "How bash you similar them apples?" scene, portion Steelers hats were edited connected Wahlberg and the film's titular teddy bear. The squad besides shared a video of a "W" connected wheels being parked astatine Harvard.

Here are the apical trolls from Week 3.

Carolina Panthers 30, Atlanta Falcons 0

The Carolina Panthers made the triumph file for the archetypal clip this season, and it came successful dominating fashion.

Carolina blanked the Atlanta Falcons for its archetypal shutout triumph since Week 11 of the 2020 play (20-0 implicit the Detroit Lions), according to ESPN Research. The Panthers forced 3 Falcons turnovers, including 2 interceptions from backmost Michael Penix Jr. Carolina backmost Bryce Young threw for 121 yards with a rushing score.

Carolina's triumph came with a petty troll aimed astatine Atlanta's namesake and a notation to a station from earlier successful the week. The Panthers besides near their footprints connected the Falcons' all-white azygous post.

Losing's for the birds pic.twitter.com/XMsNI4bLcG

Didn't adjacent spot america coming pic.twitter.com/NYeJtPcBrn

Sorry didn't spot your worldly determination pic.twitter.com/KQVfRRjEmN

Cleveland Browns 13, Green Bay Packers 10

In arguably the astir shocking upset of the play truthful far, the Cleveland Browns defeated the Green Bay Packers astatine home.

Green Bay seemed to beryllium successful the driver's spot with 27 seconds remaining and a 43-yard tract extremity on...