Date & Time | Favorite | Line | Underdog | Total |
10/9 8:25 ET | Indianapolis | -2.5 | At Houston | 45.5 |
10/12 1:00 ET | Denver | -7.5 | At NY Jets | 46.5 |
10/12 1:00 ET | At Cleveland | -2 | Pittsburgh | 46.5 |
10/12 1:00 ET | At Tennessee | -6 | Jacksonville | |
10/12 4:25 ET | At Atlanta | -3 | Chicago | 53.5 |
10/12 1:00 ET | Green Bay | -3.5 | At Miami | 48.5 |
10/12 1:00 ET | Detroit | -3 | At Minnesota | |
10/12 1:00 ET | At Cincinnati | -6.5 | Carolina | Off |
10/12 1:00 ET | New England | -3 | At Buffalo | Off |
10/12 1:00 ET | Baltimore | -3 | At Tampa Bay | 43 |
10/12 4:05 ET | San Diego | -7 | At Oakland | 43 |
10/12 4:25 ET | At Seattle | -8.5 | Dallas | Off |
10/12 4:25 ET | At Arizona | -3 | Washington | Off |
10/12 8:30 ET | At Philadelphia | -2.5 | NY Giants | 50 |
10/13 8:30 ET | San Francisco | -3.5 | At St. Louis | 43.5 |
DrGeorge
October 6, 2014 at 11:21 am
The Cleveland Browns are not God’s gift to football, but at home against the Steelers, they ought to be favored by more than 2. The Browns got behind 28-3 against the Titans before Jake Locker got hurt. After that, the Browns put up 26 unanswered points to beat the Titans 29-28. Nineteen of those points came in the second half. That’s more points than the Steelers scored against the lowly Jags in the whole game.
Even so, the Browns are as inconsistent as the Steelers; they tend to get off to a slow start and close hard. In the first meeting, the Steelers jumped on them early and barely held on to win. While the Steelers defense shouldn’t be surprised by Hoyer and the no-huddle attack this time, the Browns’ offense can score. Thus, the game hinges on the Steelers offense putting up 30 points on the Browns defense, as they did last time. If we do, we win.
However, football games are not won by logic. Bad breaks, bad calls, poor weather, and turnovers decide most of them. And, with that in mind, I wouldn’t be a bit amazed if either team wins this game by twenty points or more. They are both equally good at their best and equally bad at their worst to make that possible on any given Sunday.