{"id":26374,"date":"2012-11-25T10:59:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-25T15:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26374"},"modified":"2012-11-25T10:59:29","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T15:59:29","slug":"nfl-week-12-betting-picks-pittsburgh-steelers-vs-cleveland-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-12-betting-picks-pittsburgh-steelers-vs-cleveland-browns-26374\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 12 Betting Picks: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cleveland Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns
\nSunday, 11\/25\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh PK
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 36
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 33.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Steelers<\/a>
The Pittsburgh Steelers will play without QB Ben Roethlisberger for a second consecutive week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pittsburgh had its four-game win streak snapped in dropping a 13-10 decision to the Baltimore Ravens as three-point home underdogs last week, as the team prepares to play its second consecutive contest without starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.\u00a0 \u201cCharlie\u2019s a great quarterback, and he\u2019s also been in the league for some time now,\u201d stated Steelers cornerback Keenan Lewis.\u00a0 Offensively, the team may try to win the battle on the ground, going up against a defense that allows 125.3 rushing yards per game.\u00a0 Pittsburgh is 3-1 ATS as a road favorite of three points or less, something to consider when making your NFL picks against the spread in Week 12.<\/p>\n

The Steelers have swept the last two season series with the Browns, while picking up wins in 16 of the last 17 meetings dating back to the 2003 campaign.\u00a0 Pittsburgh is looking to improve to 12-2 at Cleveland since 1999, which could certainly happen due to the defense surrendering less than 100 yards rushing in eight games this year.\u00a0 The stop unit has also limited opponents to under 300 net passing yards in its last 33 regular-season games.<\/p>\n

Cleveland will play its final AFC North home game on Sunday afternoon, as it hopes to snap a two-game losing streak, which includes a 23-20 setback in overtime to the Dallas Cowboys as seven-point road underdogs.\u00a0 \u201cWe just have to find a way to finish,\u201d stated Browns head coach Pat Shurmur.\u00a0 Rookie running back Trent Richardson is getting better and better each week, finishing with 95 rushing yards and 49 receiving yards in last week\u2019s loss.\u00a0 Cleveland is 8-7 ATS versus division foes the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Browns received good news when cornerback Joe Haden was able to return to practice this week, as they\u2019ve lost all five games without him in the lineup during the 2012 campaign.\u00a0 Cleveland needs to take advantage of every break that it receives, considering the franchise has dropped 18 games by seven points or less over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Browns due to their 9-4-1 ATS mark in their last 14 games, while the Steelers are 2-7 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns Sunday, 11\/25\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh PK Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 36 Current Total:\u00a0 33.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Pittsburgh had its four-game win streak snapped in dropping a 13-10 decision to the Baltimore Ravens as three-point home underdogs last week, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2583,349,3187,7198,360,346,5390],"class_list":["post-26374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc-north","tag-ben-roethlisberger","tag-brandon-weeden","tag-charlie-batch","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-trent-richardson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26374","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=26374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26375,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26374\/revisions\/26375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}