{"id":2455,"date":"2008-10-25T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T03:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/giants-steelers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-25T22:33:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-26T03:33:00","slug":"giants-steelers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/giants-steelers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants-Steelers Preview"},"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 New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Heinz 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 Steelers listed as 3-point favorites versus the Giants, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 42. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Brandon Jacobs rushed for two scores in Week 7 to lead the Giants to a 27-19 win over the 49ers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Giants failed to cover the 10-point spread at home in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the day&#8217;s posted total (46.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ben Roethlisberger had a pair of TD strikes in Week 7 as the Steelers thumped the Bengals by a score of 38-10. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Steelers easily covered the 9-point spread on the road in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day&#8217;s posted total (35). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 5-1 SU, 4-2 ATS <br \/>Pittsburgh: 5-1 SU, 3-3 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 9-1<br \/>When playing on grass are 8-2<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 7-3<br \/>When playing outside the division are 8-2<\/p>\n<p><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 6-4<br \/>When playing on grass are 7-3<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 6-4<br \/>When playing outside the division are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>NY Giants are 12-1 SU in their last 13 games on the road<br \/>NY Giants are 9-1 ATS in their last 10 games on the road<br \/>NY Giants are 9-1 SU in their last 10 games <br \/>NY Giants are 10-2 ATS in their last 12 games <br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Pittsburgh is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 8 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 10 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>NY Giants home to <st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 2<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Monday, November 3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Heinz Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 3-point favorites versus the Giants, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 42. Brandon Jacobs rushed for two scores in Week 7 to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/giants-steelers-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Giants-Steelers Preview<\/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-2455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455","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=2455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}