Stefan Logan wants to make the Steelers and he showed it during a game where most of the stars played sparingly or not at all, as Pittsburgh downed Carolina 21-10 in the final preseason game for both teams.

Logan continued his solid preseason on special teams, returning a punt 80 yards for a touchdown. He also returned a kickoff 28 yards for Pittsburgh (3-1), which opens the season next Thursday versus Tennessee. In a recent tradition, the defending Super Bowl champions kickoff the season at home on the Thursday night before the first Sunday of action.

Ben Roethlisberger completed his only pass to Mewelde Moore for seven yards and Charlie Batch was a perfect 2-for-2 in his brief action. Isaac Redman, like Logan fighting for a spot on the 53-man roster, ran for 79 yards in an impressive first-quarter, 10-yard score that included bowling over star Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers.

Josh McCown was 11-of-15 for 82 yards in relief of Jake Delhomme, who was 2- for-4 for 19 yards. DeAngelo Williams ran twice for seven yards for Carolina (0-4), which limps battered, bruised and winless in the exhibition season into a season-opening trip to Philadelphia.

After Logan's punt return, the Steelers second-team defense forced Carolina's starters to punt, then later in the period, Redman cemented a six-play, 34- yard drive with his scoring plunge. Jamall Lee's one-yard TD run made it 14-7 in the third, but Ryan Mundy's 31-yard interception return later in the period made the score 21-7.

John Kasay's 37-yard field goal in the final stanza capped the scoring.