{"id":18438,"date":"2011-10-08T13:54:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-08T18:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18438"},"modified":"2011-10-08T13:54:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-08T18:54:12","slug":"nfl-betting-preview-tennessee-titans-vs-pittsburgh-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-betting-preview-tennessee-titans-vs-pittsburgh-steelers-18438\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Betting Preview: Tennessee Titans vs. Pittsburgh Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennessee Titans at Pittsburgh Steelers
\nSunday, 10\/9\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 41
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 40
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Titans<\/a>
Tennessee Titans RB Chris Johnson is coming off his first 100-yard game last week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tennessee brings in a three-game winning streak into its game against Pittsburgh, as two of the top defenses in the league will be meeting up.\u00a0 The Titans rank first in the NFL in scoring defense and seventh in overall defense, as no team has scored more than 16 points against them.\u00a0 Last week, the team used big plays in the passing game to capture a 31-13 win over the Cleveland Browns as one-point road underdogs.\u00a0 Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck has fit in nicely, completing 10 of 20 passes for 220 yards and three touchdowns with a single interception.\u00a0 Tennessee is 3-1 ATS against AFC North opponents the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Titans were waiting for star running back Chris Johnson to emerge, as he gained 101 yards on 23 carries and showed signs that he\u2019s getting up to speed after missing the entire preseason.\u00a0 A win on Sunday would give Tennessee a 4-1 or better record for the fourth time since 1999.\u00a0 The defense has been magnificent against the run, giving up 87.8 yards on the ground.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re still not playing our best football,\u201d commented Titans safety Jordan Babineaux.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s scary.\u00a0 Watch out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh has fallen to 2-2 on the season and has managed to score just 17 points in its two losses, while putting up 47 in two wins.\u00a0 The Steelers are coming off a 17-10 loss to the Houston Texans as four-point road underdogs, managing to gain just 296 yards in offense.\u00a0 Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was seen leaving Reliant Stadium with an obvious limp and will look improve upon the team\u2019s 27th ranking in terms of scoring offense, averaging just 16 points a game.\u00a0 Pittsburgh is 18-20 ATS over the last two-plus seasons, while the \u2018over\u2019 is 21-17 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Steelers know that they must focus in on shutting down Johnson and the Titans running game, as his numbers are only going to improve.\u00a0 Pittsburgh prides itself on stopping the run, but is currently ranked 22nd in the NFL, allowing 4.8 yards per carry and 119.5 rushing yards a game.\u00a0 Johnson has gained 4,797 yards in just three and a quarter seasons.\u00a0 Pittsburgh has won the last two games in this series, including a 19-11 road win as six-point underdogs on Sept. 19th of last year.\u00a0 It was one of the team\u2019s ugliest wins in history due to gaining just 127 yards of total offense.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Titans due to their 4-1 ATS mark in October, while the Steelers are 2-13-1 ATS as a home favorite of three or less points.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tennessee Titans at Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday, 10\/9\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 41 Current Total:\u00a0 40 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Tennessee brings in a three-game winning streak into its game against Pittsburgh, as two of the top defenses in the league will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[349,1065,346,301],"class_list":["post-18438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-ben-roethlisberger","tag-chris-johnson","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-tennessee-titans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18440,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18438\/revisions\/18440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}