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As long as Cooper Rush is behind center, I don’t have any faith in the Cowboys ability to put up enough points to keep it a close game. 

Yankees playing like hot garbage yet again

Yankees looked they didn’t even want to be there today. 

As much as Detroit flip flops, I cant see Nick Mullens beating them. Yes, he had a great game against the Bengals last week, but so did Mason Rudolph yesterday...

@nuggins

 Had mine parlayed with the Aves. What a wild win haha

How’s this under 9 looking now? A win this Sunday against a three win Cardinals team, and the helpless Jets in two weeks puts them at nine wins. With a little luck they may get another one against the Bills or Ravens. And Tomlin looking like coach of the year.

Don't over think it. It’s the best bet on the board imo, just like Baltimore was last week and Ohio St. was today. Sometime even Vegas makes bad lines. 

Solid picks! The only one i would go the other way with is with Penn St. I think they can cover that 6. 

Well, the way you describe the Steelers, it sounds like they’ll be tripping over themselves every single game. I just find it funny how optimistic you are about the Bills and Jets getting “dramatically” better, yet everything is doom and gloom about the Steelers. You’re trying to convince yourself without looking at the whole picture. Yea, Ben can get hurt, so can anyone. He’s missed one game in the past two years, and never more than four in any single season, so you are reaching on that. Alex smith got hurt bad, but it had nothing to do with his age. 

I’m intrigued to see how Bell does without one of the best O-lines in the league. And Brown with Carr throwing him the ball. I’m not saying they won’t, but don’t be surprised if they don’t put up numbers similar to their days in Pittsburgh. 

I actually expect Ju Ju’s numbers to go down, but it won’t be a bad thing. I believe it’ll happen because the Steelers will look to spread the ball around a lot more now that Brown is gone. A lot will depend on how guys like Moncrief and Washington step up. If they do, watch out, it not, then it’ll be a struggle. We just won’t know until they start playing.

Lots of things can happen over the course of a season that can influence wins and losses. And I won’t argue that the Steelers have a knack for playing down to bad teams. But they also offset that by beating tough games against good teams as well. But statistically speaking, the odds are that the Steelers will get at least nine wins this year. Most experts predict them to win 10-12 games. It’s your money, so do what you want. Just don’t say I didn’t warn you. 

You clearly do not look at the Steelers objectively. You make it sound like they’re going to be one of the worst teams in the league. Secondly, you put waaaay too much stock into Brown. Look what happen when Holmes left, Wallace put up big numbers the next season. When Wallace left, Brown put up big numbers the following season, too. History has shown the Steelers WR’s will still produce at a high rate without AB. Ben is not pushing 40 (he’s only 37). Even then, Brees is 40, Brady 42. Do you hold that against them?

Bills and Jets are terrible, so are the Bengals, yet you try to paint a pretty picture about them to try and justify your argument. The Bengals are the new “garbage Browns”. And even if they lose one game to a bad team, they have plenty of other very winnable games to cover the nine wins. You say the “absolute ceiling” for the Steeers is 8-8? If you think they’re not capable of a winning season, you don’t know football very well.

Some of these comments just make me laugh. Big Ben has NEVER had a losing season. Let that sink in. And now you want to go large on them having one now just because AB left?!? Yes I’m a Steelers fan, but I know football. And you guys keep focusing too much on one game. The Pats game will be close and could easily go either way. 

Now look at their schedule, since that’s what this is all about. The teams they are undisputedly better than and and should beat are the Bengals x2, Bills, Jets, Dolphins, Cardinals. And let’s say they split with both the Browns and Ravens. That right there is 8 wins. Throw in a likely win at home against the Colts and make it 9. Now you are telling me they can’t get one more win against the Seahawks, Niners, Rams, Chargers, or Pats???

All I can say is good luck to you...

At home in prime time, I’m taking Steelers -3.5. Pittsburgh will likely control the ToS and readers themselves in the run game. And with Gordon being out, I feel SD will end up being a little one dimensional. 

Can’t believe he Steelers pulled that one out. No cover, but a hell of a comeback in the second half. Once they decided to stop Fournette and force Bortles to win the game, then the tides turned. Great game.