{"id":1982,"date":"2008-09-13T20:59:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T01:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/steelers-browns-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-09-13T20:59:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-14T01:59:00","slug":"steelers-browns-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/steelers-browns-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers-Browns Pointers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns will meet on the gridiron at Cleveland Browns Stadium on Sunday in a battle of division rivals. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 6\u00bd-point favorites versus the Browns, while the game’s total is sitting at 44. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Steelers defeated Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 38-17 as a 7-point favorite last week. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (44). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Willie Parker rushed for 138 yards on 25 carries with three touchdowns for Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Ben Roethlisberger completed 13-of-14 passes for 137 yards with a pair of TD passes to Hines Wards in the win <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Browns lost to Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 28-10 as a 6-point underdog last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (48.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Derek Anderson threw for 114 yards with a touchdown for Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Kellen Winslow had five catches for 47 yards and a touchdown. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 1-0 SU, 1-0 ATS
Cleveland: 0-1 SU, 0-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing in September are 6-4
When playing on grass are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing within the division are 7-3<\/p>\n

Cleveland most recently:
When playing in September are 3-7
When playing on grass are 6-4
After being outgained are 6-4
When playing within the division are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 5 games
Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland’s last 5 games
Cleveland is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
Cleveland is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland’s last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, September 21
Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, September 21<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns will meet on the gridiron at Cleveland Browns Stadium on Sunday in a battle of division rivals. Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 6\u00bd-point favorites versus the Browns, while the game’s total is sitting at 44. The Steelers defeated Houston 38-17 as a 7-point favorite last week. … Continue reading Steelers-Browns Pointers<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}