Take the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Points against the Baltimore Ravens

December 5, 2010   ·   Matt Regaw   ·   Jump to comments

Sunday Night Football will feature a rough and tough divisional game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens.  The latest NFL odds posted for this game by BetMania have the Ravens listed as slim 3-point favorites.
This series is always close and has been evenly matched over the years. There will be more on the line than just bragging rights this week.
The Ravens defeated the Steelers, 17-14, earlier in the year, giving the Ravens the tiebreaker for the division lead although both teams have identical 8-3 records. Pittsburgh fans will be quick to point out that Charlie Batch was the starting quarterback for that meeting, not Ben Roethlisberger.
If there is pressure on any team to win tonight, it would be the Steelers. If they lose they will be essentially two games back in the standings and would need the Ravens to stumble down the stretch to have a shot at the title. Three of the four games remaining on the Ravens schedule are against teams with a ...

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