{"id":25664,"date":"2012-10-26T11:29:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T16:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25664"},"modified":"2012-10-26T11:29:28","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T16:29:28","slug":"nfl-week-8-picks-washington-redskins-vs-pittsburgh-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-8-picks-washington-redskins-vs-pittsburgh-steelers-25664\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 8 Picks: Washington Redskins vs. Pittsburgh Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Redskins at Pittsburgh Steelers
\nSunday, 10\/28\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Pittsburgh Steelers have won eight consecutive home games against NFC opponents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Washington was unable to hold onto a late three-point lead in a 27-23 setback to the New York Giants as 6.5-point road underdogs last week, while going UNDER the total for the second time in three games.\u00a0 The Redskins defense will face quite a challenge inside Heinz Field on Sunday, as the unit ranks 29th overall in the league, while sitting last in defending the pass.\u00a0 Opponents are throwing for an average of 328.4 yards-per-week against them.\u00a0 Washington is 2-0 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 9.5 points this season, with the UNDER going 12-4 in that situation since 2010.<\/p>\n

The Redskins lead the entire NFL in rushing, with Alfred Morris gaining a career-high 120 yards last week, while dual-threat quarterback Robert Griffin III chipped in with 89 of his own.\u00a0 Last year\u2019s Heisman Trophy winner leads the league in completing 70.4 percent of his passes, while his 101.8 passer rating sits just behind Green Bay\u2019s Aaron Rodgers.\u00a0 The defense will need to try and create pressure, as this week\u2019s opposing quarterback has been sacked 13 times in six games.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh has alternated wins and losses over its first six games of the season, coming off a 24-17 setback to the Cincinnati Bengals as one-point road favorites.\u00a0 The Steelers have won 27 of their past 33 regular-season games versus NFC opponents, including eight consecutive home wins in that situation.\u00a0 Since Dick Lebeau became defensive coordinator for the team in 2004, the unit has allowed an average of 15.4 points per game when playing at this venue.\u00a0 Pittsburgh is 9-7 ATS as a favorite of 3.5 to 9.5 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Steelers have compiled an impressive 16-6 record during the month of October under head coach Mike Tomlin, while improving to 58-28 overall during the regular season.\u00a0 Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has thrown for 1,765 yards on the year, which is the second-most passing yards for the former Miami OH start in his first six games of his career.\u00a0 The team has held five of its last six opponents to under 100 yards rushing, which is a critical statistic in this matchup.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Steelers due to their 9-4 ATS mark at home, while the Redskins are 1-5 ATS in Week 8.<\/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":"

Washington Redskins at Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday, 10\/28\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 47.5 Current Total:\u00a0 47 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Washington was unable to hold onto a late three-point lead in a 27-23 setback to the New York Giants as 6.5-point road underdogs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[349,3977,3737,3613,346,3697,345],"class_list":["post-25664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-ben-roethlisberger","tag-heinz-field","tag-mike-tomlin","tag-nfc","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-robert-griffin-iii","tag-washington-redskins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25664","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=25664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25665,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25664\/revisions\/25665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}