{"id":34839,"date":"2014-08-09T13:19:49","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T18:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=34839"},"modified":"2014-08-09T13:19:49","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T18:19:49","slug":"nfl-preseason-week-1-picks-pittsburgh-steelers-vs-new-york-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-preseason-week-1-picks-pittsburgh-steelers-vs-new-york-giants-34839\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Preseason Week 1 Picks: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. New York Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. New York Giants
\nSaturday, 8\/9\/14, 7:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 37.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 37
\nOdds Courtesy of 5Dimes<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Steelers<\/a>
The Pittsburgh Steelers are hoping for a better preseason in 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pittsburgh went 0-4 in preseason play a year ago, which marked just the third time it had gone winless in that situation since 1970\u2014something to consider when making your NFL betting predictions Saturday night.\u00a0 The Steelers are eager to get on the field at MetLife Stadium, but head coach Mike Tomlin isn\u2019t placing a greater emphasis on winning in exhibition play.\u00a0 Rookie No. 1 pick Ryan Shazier isn\u2019t expected to play due to nursing an injury, but third-round selection Dri Archer will see his first action as a professional.<\/p>\n

The Steelers plan to go no-huddle offense early and often in the 2014 campaign, as they weren\u2019t able to utilize that approach a year ago due to losing center Maurkice Pouncey on the first offensive series last season, while also not having halfback Le\u2019Veon Bell and tight end Heath Miller available.\u00a0 Bell is the perfect back for this type of attack, as he\u2019s big and can run inside and outside, but is also a threat catching the ball out of the backfield.<\/p>\n

New York is already off and running after picking up a 17-13 victory over the Buffalo Bills\u00a0 as three-point underdogs in Sunday\u2019s Hall of Fame Game, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NFL betting lines.\u00a0 The Giants first-team offense only looked effective in that affair when running the ball, but the main focus since the start of camp is getting the ball out of quarterback Eli Manning\u2019s hands quicker.\u00a0 Head coach Tom Coughlin was encouraged by the play of backup signal-caller Ryan Nassib, who completed 7-of-12 passes for 139 yards.<\/p>\n

The Giants are a bit of a mess in the backfield with the retirement of David Wilson and fellow running back Peyton Hillis being out for awhile.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball,\u00a0 New York is still looking at who will ultimately create a pass rush, as the team tallied just 33 sacks last year and will begin life without veteran Justin Tuck.\u00a0 Keep a close eye on ends Damontre Moore and Jason Pierre-Paul when on the field.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the UNDER is on a 17-11-1 run in Steelers\u2019 games under Tomlin.<\/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. New York Giants Saturday, 8\/9\/14, 7:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 37.5 Current Total:\u00a0 37 Odds Courtesy of 5Dimes Pittsburgh went 0-4 in preseason play a year ago, which marked just the third time it had gone winless in that situation […]<\/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":[349,598,5519,3737,401,31,346],"class_list":["post-34839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-ben-roethlisberger","tag-eli-manning","tag-metlife-stadium","tag-mike-tomlin","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34839","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=34839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34840,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34839\/revisions\/34840"}],"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=34839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}