{"id":2076,"date":"2008-09-20T20:37:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-21T01:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/steelers-eagles-pointspread-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-09-20T20:37:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-21T01:37:00","slug":"steelers-eagles-pointspread-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/steelers-eagles-pointspread-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers-Eagles Pointspread Pointers"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Lincoln Financial Field. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Eagles listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Steelers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 45. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Steelers defeated <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 10-6 as a 6.5-point favorite in Week 2. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (43). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ben Roethlisberger passed for 186 yards with a touchdown for <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Willie Parker rushed for 105 yards on 28 carries in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Donovan McNabb went 25-for-37 for 280 yards with a touchdown for <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in its 41-37 loss to <st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in Week 2 action on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> failed to cover as 7.5-point home favorites as the teams played over the 48-point total set by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 2-0 SU, 1-1 ATS <br \/>Philadelphia: 1-1 SU, 2-0 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Pittsburgh most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 6-4<br \/>When playing on grass are 7-3<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 5-5<br \/>When playing outside the division are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 5-5<br \/>When playing on grass are 5-5<br \/>After being outgained are 7-3<br \/>When playing outside the division are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>Pittsburgh is 16-8 SU in its last 24 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>Pittsburgh is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, September 29<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, September 28<\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\" class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">The bookmakers continue to be scared by science and terrorized by technology. 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Oddsmakers currently have the Eagles listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Steelers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 45. The Steelers defeated Cleveland 10-6 as a 6.5-point favorite in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/steelers-eagles-pointspread-pointers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Steelers-Eagles Pointspread Pointers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-2076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076","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=2076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}