Steelers At Broncos – NFL Betting Lines
by S.G.R.BNFL betting lines handicappers have one with the greatest Monday Night NFL betting matchups in the season to evaluate as upstart Denver hosts defending champ Pittsburgh. NFL betting lines have been beaten 6 out of 7 occasions by the Denver Broncos this year while the Pittsburgh Steelers have proven to be a NFL betting overlay at 2-5 against the spread.
Pittsburgh is 5-2 straight up, nonetheless, and is coming off their bye week that followed a 27-17 win more than the NFL betting lines against the Minnesota Vikings as 6-point home favorites. The Steelers have won 4 successive games straight up and remain one of the finest defensive teams in NFL betting as they rank 7th overall in points allowed.
The Steelers offense is improved from the 2008 NFL football betting season as quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has a 102.6 quarterback rating plus a 70% completion rate with 11 touchdowns and 6 interceptions.
The Steelers are 0-3 with the NFL betting lines on the road this year. The Denver Broncos had been picked to be one in the worst teams with the NFL betting lines this year just after an off-season of turmoil but that has confirmed to not be the case as they lead the AFC west having a 6-1 straight up record.
The Broncos are coming off their first loss towards the NFL betting lines this season as they were manhandled at Baltimore 7-30. Denver head coach Josh McDaniels didn’t sugar coat the defeat.
“They were coached better, played better, much more physical, played faster fundamentally in every area of the game,” stated McDaniels. “We certainly didn’t do enough in any phase to win the game. Hard lesson to discover, and we’ve got per week now to get prepared for Pittsburgh and make loads of progress and improve significantly.”
Denver has enjoyed noticeable improvement on defense as they rank 2nd using the NFL betting lines in points allowed. Quarterback Kyle Orton has been a pleasant surprise with the NFL betting lines as he has a 95.5 QB rating having a 9/1 touchdown to interception ratio. The Broncos unique teams have struggled recently using the NFL betting lines as they have allowed touchdown kick returns in every single of their last two games.,
The road team has covered the spread in 4 out with the last five meetings between these two teams and they’ve gone more than the total in 5 out from the last 6 matchups.