{"id":25836,"date":"2012-11-02T17:29:41","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T22:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25836"},"modified":"2012-11-02T17:29:41","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T22:29:41","slug":"pittsburgh-steelers-vs-new-york-giants-nfl-week-9-picks-against-the-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pittsburgh-steelers-vs-new-york-giants-nfl-week-9-picks-against-the-spread-25836\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Steelers vs. New York Giants: NFL Week 9 Picks Against the Spread"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants
\nSunday, 11\/4\/12, 4:25 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New York Giants QB Eli Manning has enjoyed great success against AFC opponents at home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pittsburgh has won three of its last four games, as it hits the road after capturing a 27-12 win over the Washington Redskins as 4.5-point home favorites, while going UNDER the total for the third time in four weeks.\u00a0 The Steelers have been tremendous this year in controlling the clock, as the team ranks second in the league in holding onto the football for more than 34 minutes a game.\u00a0 Pittsburgh is 1-4 ATS as a road underdog of three or fewer points over the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 3-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Steelers have gone 36-14 against NFC teams during the regular season, but are 9-13 versus teams out of the East in that particular conference since 1992.\u00a0 Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has compiled a dominating 23-7 non-conference record since entering the league, while he\u2019s thrown for the second-most passing yards through seven games in his career.\u00a0 Pittsburgh will leave for New York on Sunday morning due to hotels being booked in the New York area due to Hurricane Sandy.<\/p>\n

New York owns a 2.5-game lead in the division and much of that success can be attributed to leading the NFL with 24 takeaways.\u00a0 The Giants are 6-2 for the sixth time in head coach Tom Coughlin\u2019s nine seasons, while going 53-19 combined in the first eight games since he arrived int he Big Apple in 2004.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is averaging 29.3 points per game, which puts it on pace to shatter the franchise record of 448 points.\u00a0 New York is 2-6 ATS in November the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 5-3 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Giants have won 13 of their 18 home games versus AFC opponents with Eli Manning under center, but they\u2019ll have to overcome their 1-7 record in the ninth game of the season under Coughlin.\u00a0 It\u2019s still important to note that New York has made 36 trips inside the 20-yard line, but has converted just 16 into touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Giants due to their 9-1-1 ATS mark versus winning teams, while the Steelers are 1-7 ATS on the road.<\/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

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Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants Sunday, 11\/4\/12, 4:25 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 47 Current Total:\u00a0 47.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Pittsburgh has won three of its last four games, as it hits the road after capturing a 27-12 win over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[414,349,598,7125,401,3613,346],"class_list":["post-25836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc","tag-ben-roethlisberger","tag-eli-manning","tag-hurricane-sandy","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfc","tag-pittsburgh-steelers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25836","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=25836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25837,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25836\/revisions\/25837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}