{"id":25408,"date":"2012-10-10T07:47:24","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T12:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25408"},"modified":"2012-10-10T07:47:24","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T12:47:24","slug":"pittsburgh-steelers-vs-tennessee-titans-nfl-thursday-night-betting-preview-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pittsburgh-steelers-vs-tennessee-titans-nfl-thursday-night-betting-preview-and-predictions-25408\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Tennessee Titans: NFL Thursday Night Betting Preview and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittsburgh Steelers at Tennessee Titans
\nThursday, 10\/11\/12, 8:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NFL Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 42
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Titans<\/a>
Tennessee Titans RB Chris Johnson hasn’t been very good in the early going this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pittsburgh has alternated wins and losses over its first four games, as it comes off a 16-14 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles as four-point home favorites, which immediately followed the team\u2019s bye week.\u00a0 The Steelers may rank fifth in the National Football League in allowing just 280.0 yards per game, but they\u2019ve surrendered 65 combined points in road setbacks to the Denver Broncos and Oakland Raiders.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that both of those offenses are better than the one it will face on Thursday night.\u00a0 Pittsburgh is 3-3 ATS as a road favorite of 3.5 to 7 points, with the OVER going 4-2 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Steelers will have only two practices this week due to the shortened schedule, as they\u2019ve compiled a 5-1 record when playing on this particular day of the week under current head coach Mike Tomlin.\u00a0 \u201cWe need to shorten the amount of time that they\u2019re on their feet,\u201d he stated this week.\u00a0 \u201cWe need to work smart.\u201d\u00a0 Pittsburgh has won just two of nine meetings when traveling to Tennessee since 1997, which is a concern when deciding whether to lay the points as one of your pro football predictions this week.<\/p>\n

Tennessee will play on Thursday for the 15th time in franchise history, posting an 8-6 all-time record in that situation.\u00a0 The Titans ended up on the losing end of their last two games on the road, including a 30-7 defeat as six-point underdogs to the Minnesota Vikings, as they\u2019ve been out-gained by a triple-digit yardage margin in four of their five contests this year.\u00a0 Tennessee is 3-0 ATS after two straight losses by 10 points or more the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Titans are 29-41 all-time when matching up with the Steelers during the regular season, as they look to get things going in the right direction at home.\u00a0 Tennessee has compiled a 66-40 record at LP Field, including a 1-1 mark during the 2012 campaign.\u00a0 Running back Chris Johnson is going to need to find some consistency to his game, rushing for just 24 yards on 15 carries, which directly followed a 141-yard performance in Week 4 against the Houston Texans.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Titans due to their 4-0 ATS mark on Thursday, while the Steelers are 3-13 ATS following a straight-up win.<\/p>\n

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Pittsburgh Steelers at Tennessee Titans Thursday, 10\/11\/12, 8:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NFL Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 44 Current Total:\u00a0 42 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Pittsburgh has alternated wins and losses over its first four games, as it comes off a 16-14 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles […]<\/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":[1065,5462,3737,5030,346,301],"class_list":["post-25408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-chris-johnson","tag-lp-field","tag-mike-tomlin","tag-nfl-network","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-tennessee-titans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25408","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=25408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25409,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25408\/revisions\/25409"}],"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=25408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}