Pittsburgh Steelers: Road Favorites in Detroit Matchup
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00:00Donnie, I think the biggest one of Saturday, not only from a
00:06betting perspective but also just what are we going to get
00:09for this organization moving forward is Pittsburgh on the
00:13road in the Motor City. You'll see Detroit as a six and a half
00:16point home underdog. Dan Campbell doesn't really believe
00:18in playing the starters much throughout the preseason.
00:21Wouldn't really expect them to get much burn. However, Russell
00:25Wilson did hint earlier this week at Steelers training camp
00:28that the starters are going to be out there and if the starters
00:31are going to be out there, that means we're probably going to
00:33see Russ and the potential other starter at the quarterback
00:36spot, Justin Fields. It's why the Steelers are nearly a
00:39touchdown favorite on the road. Yeah, we've seen this in the
00:42past with the Pittsburgh Steelers. I'm not necessarily
00:44talking about preseason, Ben, but let's just say they already
00:46have their playoff spot locked up with a week to go. The
00:48Steelers are always like, hey, we got a game to play. We're
00:50playing our starters regardless because it's a football game
00:53and that's what we play. So, if you're using that same
00:55mentality here, we're not talking about the Pittsburgh
00:57Steelers like, hey man, Russ has been fantastic from the
00:59time we got him all the way through to OTAs through the
01:02training camp and now into the preseason schedule. They have a
01:05lot to figure out here and I'm pretty sure like Mike Tomlin
01:07isn't satisfied with his quarterback play and we always
01:10say this. You can't just say, well, I'm not going to play my
01:13starters at wide receiver or running back or offensive line
01:16but I'm going to play my starting quarterbacks out there
01:17so they get some run. That's not happening here. If Russell
01:20Wilson and or Justin Fields is going to be on that field,
01:22there's going to be starters that are going to play with
01:24him and if you want to honestly evaluate who should be your
01:27starter, you have to game plan. You have to give those guys
01:29opportunities and you have to have the starters on the
01:32offensive line out there and in sync. So, this line, no
01:34surprise this week opened up at a three-point favorite for
01:37Pittsburgh and now we're seeing it getting close to a touchdown
01:39and probably by game time will be seven points or more
01:42because you're figuring Pittsburgh is trying to figure
01:45things out. Detroit is just looking to get now into the
01:47regular season. This game would make some sense from a
01:50Pittsburgh betting side of it. Yeah, it absolutely would.
01:54Russell Wilson and Justin Fields both played five
01:57possessions last week or both got five possessions at the
02:00helm of the Steelers offense. It did not go well. Only three
02:04points scored out of Pittsburgh. It was a field goal
02:06drive led by Fields. A lot to figure out for the Steelers.