CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was hoping to see a clean, well-played game by his club in its preseason finale Thursday night against the Carolina Panthers.

Instead, he saw a team with plenty to clean up before its season opener in a little more than two weeks against the New York Jets.

The Steelers had costly penalties on their opening offensive and defensive drives. That ended up being a theme for the night as Pittsburgh was sloppy in a 19-10 win over a Panthers team that rested all of its starters.

Pittsburgh committed five penalties for 50 yards in the opening quarter and finished with 13 for 104 for the game.

“It’s good to get a win. It’s some good. It’s a lot of things that you don’t like, to be quite honest with you,” Mike Tomlin said. “I thought

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