{"id":26688,"date":"2012-12-16T10:08:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T15:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26688"},"modified":"2012-12-16T10:08:14","modified_gmt":"2012-12-16T15:08:14","slug":"nfl-week-15-picks-pittsburgh-steelers-vs-dallas-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-15-picks-pittsburgh-steelers-vs-dallas-cowboys-26688\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 15 Picks: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittsburgh Steelers at Dallas Cowboys
\nSunday, 12\/16\/12, 4:25 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas PK
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 45.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Titans<\/a>
The Dallas Cowboys are 0-6 ATS at home this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pittsburgh will attempt to bounce back from a disappointing 34-24 loss to the San Diego Chargers as seven-point home favorites last week, while going OVER the total for the third consecutive game.\u00a0 \u201cWe didn\u2019t make the necessary plays that we needed to make,\u201d commented Cortez Allen.\u00a0 \u201cWe just have to be better.\u201d\u00a0 The Steelers have won 29 of their past 35 regular-season games against NFC opponents, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NFL picks against the spread in Week 15.\u00a0 Pittsburgh is 3-4 ATS on the road this year, with the OVER going 5-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Steelers are looking to extend their regular-season streak of holding teams under 300 net passing yards to 37 games.\u00a0 Pittsburgh has held eight of its last nine opponents to under 20 points, which is important to consider when looking at the total on the pro football odds page.\u00a0 The franchise is in position to land one of the two AFC Wild Card spots if it manages to win out, as it has won both of Ben Roethlisberger\u2019s starts against today\u2019s opponent.<\/p>\n

Dallas has won four of its last five games, including a 20-19 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals as 3.5-point road underdogs, while going UNDER the total for the first time in three contests.\u00a0 The Cowboys will certainly be challenged to move the football through the air, as they face a defense that allows just 169.2 passing yards per game, while wide receiver Dez Bryant is listed as probable with a fractured left index finger.\u00a0 Dallas is 0-6 ATS at home this season, with the OVER going 4-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys will need quarterback Tony Romo to be smart with the football inside Cowboys Stadium, as he\u2019s completed 66.3 percent of his attempts for an average of 306.8 yards in his last five games.\u00a0 Dallas has also managed to win its last two games despite giving up 7.2 yards per carry, but Pittsburgh ranks just 25th in the league in averaging 98.6 yards per game on the ground.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Cowboys due to their 2-1 ATS mark versus non-conference opponents, while the Steelers are 5-7 ATS on the year.<\/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 Dallas Cowboys Sunday, 12\/16\/12, 4:25 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas PK Opening Total:\u00a0 44 Current Total:\u00a0 45.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Pittsburgh will attempt to bounce back from a disappointing 34-24 loss to the San Diego Chargers as seven-point home favorites last week, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[349,5485,124,346,538],"class_list":["post-26688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-ben-roethlisberger","tag-cowboys-stadium","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-tony-romo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26688","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=26688"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26690,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26688\/revisions\/26690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}