{"id":29680,"date":"2013-08-19T04:00:19","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=29680"},"modified":"2013-08-18T11:58:18","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T16:58:18","slug":"monday-night-football-betting-preview-pittsburgh-steelers-vs-washington-redskins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/monday-night-football-betting-preview-pittsburgh-steelers-vs-washington-redskins-29680\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Night Football Betting Preview: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Washington Redskins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Washington Redskins
\nMonday, 8\/19\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Washington -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 38
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 38
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Washington Redskins QB Robert Griffin III will continue to sit out the preseason due to last year’s knee injury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pittsburgh suffered a 18-13 setback to the New York Giants as 2.5-point home favorites in its preseason opener Aug. 10, as it lost the statistical battle by 57 yards, while going UNDER the betting total of 36.\u00a0 The Steelers are searching for a featured running back this season\u2014after using Rashard Mendenhall, Isaac Redman and Jonathan Dwyer during the 2012 campaign.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that the franchise has suffered just one loss in each NFL preseason since 2007, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NFL betting picks Monday night.<\/p>\n

The Steelers are 3-1 when playing their first exhibition home game under head coach Mike Tomlin, as they look to bounce back from a disappointing 8-8 season a year ago.\u00a0 Pittsburgh is 5-14-1 against Washington in exhibition matchups, which includes a two-game losing streak in that situation.\u00a0 Of the previous six preseason meetings in this series\u2014only one has been decided by more than seven points\u2014something to consider when looking over the NFL betting lines for this out-of-conference tilt.<\/p>\n

Washington picked up a 22-21 victory over the Tennessee Titans as three-point road underdogs in its opener, as it won the statistical battle by 90 yards, while going OVER the betting total of 35.5.\u00a0 The Redskins are definitely taking a cautious approach with their roster, with many believing that coach Mike Shanahan is trying to avoid potential criticism of players getting injured due to last year\u2019s situation during the playoffs with quarterback Robert Griffin III.\u00a0 Nine regulars that could have seen action if it was a regular season game didn\u2019t step on the field.<\/p>\n

The Redskins will once again be led by backup signal-caller Kirk Cousins on the offensive end, as he connected on 6 of 7 passes for 52 yards and a touchdown against the Titans.\u00a0 Washington welcomed back running back Roy Helu Jr., who is trying to win the No. 2 spot on the depth chart behind Alfred Morris, who will likely continue to watch from the sidelines due to the wear and tear that he went through during his rookie campaign.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Steelers in this contest, as the Redskins are primarily focused on reaching the regular season with a healthy roster.<\/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 vs. Washington Redskins Monday, 8\/19\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Washington -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 38 Current Total:\u00a0 38 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Pittsburgh suffered a 18-13 setback to the New York Giants as 2.5-point home favorites in its preseason opener Aug. 10, as it lost […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[1293,3737,31,346,3697,7513,345],"class_list":["post-29680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-mike-shanahan","tag-mike-tomlin","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-robert-griffin-iii","tag-roy-helu-jr","tag-washington-redskins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29680","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=29680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29681,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29680\/revisions\/29681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}