{"id":5918,"date":"2009-10-06T06:41:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T11:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-football-odds-steelers-vs-lions\/"},"modified":"2009-10-06T06:41:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T11:41:00","slug":"nfl-football-odds-steelers-vs-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-football-odds-steelers-vs-lions\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Football Odds: Steelers vs Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Detroit Lions will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Ford Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 10\u00bd-point favorites versus the Lions, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rashard Mendenhall rushed for 165 yards on 29 carries with two touchdowns to lead the Steelers over the Chargers 38-28 in Week 4. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> covered as 5-point home favorites, while the teams played OVER the 41-point total listed by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt Stafford threw for 296 yards and a score in Detroit’s 48-24 loss to the Bears in Week 4. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bears had no trouble covering the 9.5-point spread at home in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day’s posted total (43). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 2-2 SU, 1-3 ATS
Detroit: 1-3 SU, 1-3 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in October are 6-4
When playing on turf are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing outside the division are 7-3<\/p>\n

Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in October are 3-7
When playing on turf are 1-9
After outgaining opponent are 2-8
When playing outside the division are 1-9<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Pittsburgh is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Detroit
Pittsburgh is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 7 games
Pittsburgh is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit’s last 5 games at home
Detroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Detroit’s last 13 games
Detroit is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 18
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 18<\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Detroit Lions will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Ford Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 10\u00bd-point favorites versus the Lions, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Rashard Mendenhall rushed for 165 yards on 29 carries with two touchdowns … Continue reading NFL Football Odds: Steelers vs Lions<\/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-5918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5918","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=5918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}