Major line move in Browns-Steelers ‘MNF’ matchup

Entering Sunday, the Cleveland Browns were inactive successful the playoff representation and were 3½-point favorites implicit the Pittsburgh Steelers connected “Monday Night Football.”

But aft the Browns were eliminated from playoff contention, the enactment flipped to the Steelers arsenic 3-point favorites successful Ben Roethlisberger’s imaginable last location crippled successful Pittsburgh, which inactive has a accidental to marque the postseason.

The Steelers, who request to triumph retired and person the Colts suffer to the Jaguars successful Week 18 to marque the playoffs, dipped to statement 2½-point favorites astatine Las Vegas sportsbooks connected Monday day portion staying astatine -3 astatine Station Casinos.

“We’re going to beryllium Browns fans,” Red Rock Resort sportsbook manager Chuck Esposito said. “We were beforehand anyhow and it’s much pronounced now.”

Before the enactment flipped, Westgate SuperBook took a batch of enactment connected Cleveland and needs Pittsburgh to prevail.

“Pretty overmuch each of our wealth is connected Cleveland,” SuperBook vice president of hazard Ed Salmons said.

With the Browns having fundamentally thing to play for, Esposito said helium wouldn’t beryllium amazed if they clasp retired respective marquee players who person been battling injuries.

“We cognize Baker Mayfield has been benignant of banged up each year, arsenic has Myles Garrett,” helium said. “We haven’t heard thing definitive, but there’s ever a accidental the Browns don’t play immoderate guys.”

The full is 43½.

Cleveland has mislaid 17 consecutive regular-season games astatine Heinz Field. Roethlisberger’s vocation grounds against the Browns is 25-3-1. The Steelers bushed the Browns 15-10 successful Week 7 arsenic 5-point roadworthy underdogs.

Contact newsman Todd Dewey astatine tdewey@reviewjournal.com. Follow @tdewey33 connected Twitter.