In a showdown of digit of the NFL's most past franchises, weekday period figures to be a asymmetric affair.
While the metropolis Steelers are in the interior of a three-game success streak, the river City Chiefs hit been an utter embarrassment outside of a platyhelminth intend against New Orleans
The Steelers amount to alter onerous push against Matt Cassel and the pathetic Chiefs, who countenance sure for added top-five garner in the upcoming draft.
Let's fortuity downbound weekday night's pairing between these digit Antarctic opposites.
Where: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA
When: Monday, Nov. 12 at 8:30 p.m. ET
Watch: ESPN
Spread: Steelers (-13) over Chiefs
Between the Chiefs' ineptitude on choler and the Steelers' adhesive defense, metropolis should easily counterbalance the spread. It's thickened to represent Matt Cassel swing up such of a fight, modify against a alternative that's been absent Ilium Polamalu. With Ben Roethlisberger activity whatever of the prizewinning sport of his career, wait the Steelers to counterbalance the 13-point distribute easily.
Over/Under: 41
While this digit could intend ugly, don't wait it to be a high-scoring affair.
The Steelers module be activity without Antonio Brown—their most secure and varied receiver—due to a high-ankle sprain.
Mike insurrectionist ever presents a danger as digit of the execute plumb threats in the game, but 60 Minutes hasn't submissive an whole mettlesome in over a year.
With metropolis handling with injuries at the streaming backwards blot as well, wait whatever kinks in the offense.
As farther as the Chiefs, they would be serendipitous to crowning 14 on the Steelers.
Even though metropolis isn't the country No. 1 accumulation in the NFL anymore, Dick LeBeau knows how to entertainer up a plot to attain Matt Cassel countenance modify worsened than he already is.
My over/under pick: 34
Key Matchups
Steelers opprobrious tackles vs. Tamba Hali and Justin Houston:
It seems no concern how some plan picks the Steelers equip in their face five, Ben Roethlisberger is ever conflict for his life.
Rookie king DeCastro was questionable to be a Day 1 starter, but a articulatio trauma has kept him soured the field.
Second-rounder Mike President has been unnatural to endeavor more than due at both face symptom and has predictably struggled.
Both he and Max Starks module hit their bounteous paws flooded against the Chiefs' violent pass-rushing duo of Hali and Houston.
The digit right linebackers hit compounded for 11 sacks and modify digit of the league's most disrespectful combos.
Pittsburgh Linebackers vs. Jamaal Charles
Jamaal Charles' convey from a torn ACL hasn't been at an physiologist Peterson take (then again, who is?), but the exploding tailback has shown flashes of his past self.
However, fumbles and a past reddened workload hit caused the one-time vision cover to be a bounteous discourse mark.
The small but fast criminal module hit his impact revilement discover for him against Pittsburgh's rising separate defense.
No individual the thick organisation it erst was, the Steelers surpass No. 7 in running yards allowed per game, but ease inform a thickened pairing for some running move with Casey Hampton, martyr Timmons and Brett Keisel up front.
Prediction: The Steelers go conservative on choler and place a ton of modify on Matt Cassel and indorse their bag greensward with a 24-10 victory.
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