The Entire Internet Made The Same Joke After Social Media Detectives Discovered NFL’s Leaked “Script” For Patriots-Steelers TNF Game (PHOTO)

The “NFL is scripted” crowd will enjoy a curious photo leak in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ home venue of Acrisure Stadium.

The MLFootball X/Twitter account shared a photo of an Acrisure Stadium scoreboard that shows the Steelers have 20 points (with 86:53 remaining in the fourth quarter?) against the New England Patriots’ 16 points. Mike Tomlin’s group will host Bill Belichick and the longtime rival Patriots on “Thursday Night Football” at 8:15 p.m. EST.

The #NFL script has leaked for #Steelers, #Patriots Thursday Night Football game.

20-16 Pittsburgh victory pic.twitter.com/Ilxi7jPkka

— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) December 5, 2023

But in this case, most of the fans who responded to the so-called leaked script weren’t buying it because of one hilarious reason: They don’t even see the slumping Patriots putting up 16 points on Thursday:

pats ain’t scoring 16 points buddy nice try

— Gother (@GotherSZN) December 5, 2023

Thats a generous score

— SJ (@SeanJones_302) December 5, 2023

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No way there's that much offense

— ⚫🟡⚫🟡 (@SteeIRNation87) December 5, 2023

I would be surprised if there are 20 points total scores let alone from one team

— RennyForti (@RennyForti) December 5, 2023

I was going to make a joke about the Patriots scoring two defensive touchdowns, but they wouldn’t get the two point conversions. Then I thought maybe I could make a joke about field goals, but Ryland would miss those too.

They’re so bad I can’t even joke about them.

— jeffmatt (@Une4o) December 5, 2023

Pats ain’t scoring 16 points

— Charlie’s DC Sports Podcast (@CharliePay8854) December 5, 2023

Incredibly, the Patriots have held opponents to 10 points or less in each of their last contest…and they managed to lose them all. They became the first team to achieve this unfortunate mark since 1938, as noted by the NFL on CBS X/Twitter account:

The Patriots are the first team since 1938 to lose 3 straight games where they allowed 10 points or fewer.

yep, 1938 pic.twitter.com/lzTjuBP42e

— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) December 3, 2023

Bill Belichick’s 2-10 squad has averaged a woeful 12.3 points per game this season, so even projecting 16 against a stingy Pittsburgh defense certainly seems generous. The Steelers, for what it’s worth, are only allowing 19.1 points per game.

But one shouldn’t fully discount the Patriots’ chances of winning here. Belichick is 13-4 against the Steelers as New England’s head coach, and the Pats even won at Acrisure Stadium 17-14 in Week 2 last season.