Oh So Close…

…to getting back to .500 and/or over…oh well, we will take a crack at it again this week…

I’d usually talk a little here about last week’s New England Patriots game against the Denver Broncos.  But no sense in that.  No one wants to hear any more about Brock Osweiler or Vance Joseph.  Or the fact that the Broncos may actually be quitting on the season.  Or how the coaching staff for the Broncos thought it was a good idea to send Von Miller into coverage even once.  Or all the rest…

So let’s just jump in on the Thursday Night Football game:

Tennessee at Pittsburgh (-6.5)

The Steelers haven’t exactly smoked people this year.  Neither have the Titans.  On paper, this looks like a close one.  So I should be taking Tennessee and the points right?  Yeah…but upon further review, the Titans have played four road games.  They have scored less than 14 points in three of them.  Against Houston, Miami and Cleveland.  The 37 scored at Jacksonville in Week 2 seems like a distant memory.

The Steelers have only played 3 home games thus far.  Beating the Vikings by 17 and Bengals by 15…while also getting smoked by the Jags.  So I guess the Jags are the outlier for both teams.  Either way, I feel like the Steelers will enjoy the home cooking this week.  Nothing more than that really.

Pittsburgh 31, Tennessee 17.

Week (against the spread):  6-8

Week (straight up):  9-5

Season (against the spread): 71-75

Season (straight up): 93-53