Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has a career 12-4 record coming off a bye week, with the team winning six in a row after resting. Before you load up the money line bet on the Steelers, they also sport a 3-7 record under Tomlin when flying to play on the West Coast.
COLUMN: DISPATCHES FROM BEHIND THE BAR
By: Nate Perry
Every Wednesday during the college football season, Nate Perry will offer up his slam dunk prop bets for the coming week, offer tales of caution from the depths of Reno, and provide searing commentary on every sport from golf to pickleball.
The Cowboys are just infuriating at 3-2. I’m a Cowboys homer and I despise this team now. I was willing to forgive the beatdown in the desert to Arizona. Fluky games happen to everyone (See: Bills last night), but the sustained and through beatdown that the 49ers gave to them has me resenting everyone on the roster.
Shriners Children’s Open PGA Picks. Nate is here to break down this week’s birdiefest in the desert when the Tour heads to Las Vegas.
Monday Night Football: Packers vs. Raiders Expert Pick. Nate is here to help you out with spread, total, and prop picks for tonight’s game.
The Pittsburgh Steelers (2-2) return home this week hoping to bounce back from a devastating 30-6 loss to the Houston Texans. Heading into town are the AFC North division leading Baltimore Ravens (3-1) after a dominating 28-3 win over the Cleveland Browns. This bitter rivalry resumes Sunday at 1pm with first place up for grabs.
The odds are a little funky here. You know it isn’t really an awesome field when Ludvig Aberg, Stephen Jaeger and Eric Cole are the headliners on the board at odds under +2000. Ludvig Aberg is a legitimate stud, and probably should be the favorite here, but I don’t see looming superstardom for the other two.Â
For the Seahawks, Geno Smith and Pete Carroll have both been good throughout their careers as underdogs with against the spread marks of over 60% when they’re an underdog. But this is sort of tricky. They opened as underdogs, but now they’re favorites, so those numbers probably aren’t as relevant.
Look, the elephant in the room is Desmond Ridder, and the age old question of: Is he terrible? It’s sort of difficult to say. He looked fine at times late last season, so there were reasons to be optimistic, but he still doesn’t look good.
Nate’s Fortinet Championship Card: Bet Kevin Yu & 2 More. The PGA Tour is back after a brief hiatus and we couldn’t be more stoked.