Pittsburgh Steelers: Road Favorites in Detroit Matchup

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00:00Donnie, I think the biggest one of Saturday, not only from a

00:06betting perspective but also just what are we going to get

00:09for this organization moving forward is Pittsburgh on the

00:13road in the Motor City. You'll see Detroit as a six and a half

00:16point home underdog. Dan Campbell doesn't really believe

00:18in playing the starters much throughout the preseason.

00:21Wouldn't really expect them to get much burn. However, Russell

00:25Wilson did hint earlier this week at Steelers training camp

00:28that the starters are going to be out there and if the starters

00:31are going to be out there, that means we're probably going to

00:33see Russ and the potential other starter at the quarterback

00:36spot, Justin Fields. It's why the Steelers are nearly a

00:39touchdown favorite on the road. Yeah, we've seen this in the

00:42past with the Pittsburgh Steelers. I'm not necessarily

00:44talking about preseason, Ben, but let's just say they already

00:46have their playoff spot locked up with a week to go. The

00:48Steelers are always like, hey, we got a game to play. We're

00:50playing our starters regardless because it's a football game

00:53and that's what we play. So, if you're using that same

00:55mentality here, we're not talking about the Pittsburgh

00:57Steelers like, hey man, Russ has been fantastic from the

00:59time we got him all the way through to OTAs through the

01:02training camp and now into the preseason schedule. They have a

01:05lot to figure out here and I'm pretty sure like Mike Tomlin

01:07isn't satisfied with his quarterback play and we always

01:10say this. You can't just say, well, I'm not going to play my

01:13starters at wide receiver or running back or offensive line

01:16but I'm going to play my starting quarterbacks out there

01:17so they get some run. That's not happening here. If Russell

01:20Wilson and or Justin Fields is going to be on that field,

01:22there's going to be starters that are going to play with

01:24him and if you want to honestly evaluate who should be your

01:27starter, you have to game plan. You have to give those guys

01:29opportunities and you have to have the starters on the

01:32offensive line out there and in sync. So, this line, no

01:34surprise this week opened up at a three-point favorite for

01:37Pittsburgh and now we're seeing it getting close to a touchdown

01:39and probably by game time will be seven points or more

01:42because you're figuring Pittsburgh is trying to figure

01:45things out. Detroit is just looking to get now into the

01:47regular season. This game would make some sense from a

01:50Pittsburgh betting side of it. Yeah, it absolutely would.

01:54Russell Wilson and Justin Fields both played five

01:57possessions last week or both got five possessions at the

02:00helm of the Steelers offense. It did not go well. Only three

02:04points scored out of Pittsburgh. It was a field goal

02:06drive led by Fields. A lot to figure out for the Steelers.

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