Sport: NFLPick Selection: Steelers
At 8:30 pm, our selection is on the Pittsburgh Steelers minus the points over Baltimore. Brian Billick's Ravens have been a huge disappointment this year in Las Vegas, going 1-6 ATS. And the only game they covered was against the winless St. Louis Rams. The fact that Baltimore has won four of its seven games straight-up is largely due to mirrors, as they easily could have lost to the Jets, Cardinals, and 49ers. In contrast, the Steelers are 5-2 SU and ATS, and their early blowout wins over Cleveland and Buffalo look rather good now, given how well those teams have played since. All five of Pittsburgh's wins were easy, and they could have won either of their two setbacks (at Denver and at Arizona) had things broken differently. The Men of Steel have always played great at home, and now they fall into a super Monday Night Football angle that plays on unrested teams returning home from back to back road games. And if our home team has a win percentage of .454 or better and is matched up against a .665 (or worse) foe, then our home teams are a super 24-0 ATS since 1982. The home team in this heated rivalry is 32-22 ATS since 1980, and we'll back the Black and Gold as our Monday Night Football Game of the Year. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie.
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