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Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers are banged up.
That’s wherefore Pittsburgh has dropped from a touchdown favourite to a 3-point location favourite implicit the Bengals.
Roethlisberger wounded his near pectoral musculus successful past week’s 26-17 nonaccomplishment to the Raiders. But the backmost practiced afloat Friday and has been cleared to play against Cincinnati.
Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt is inactive questionable with a groin injury, but helium made it wide that “the doorway is open” to play Sunday.
If Roethlisberger, Watt and immoderate different subordinate dealing with injuries is connected the field, Circa sportsbook manager Chris Bennett considers them to beryllium astatine afloat strength.
“One of my beliefs I came up with years ago, due to the fact that I got truthful frustrated, and it applies to astir sports, is that to analyse a crippled it’s conscionable easier for maine if I spell with the presumption that if you’re playing, you’re fine, and if you’re not playing, you’re not fine,” Bennett said. “Now I cognize that’s not precisely existent each the time, but it’s made my beingness easier.
“Rather than stake against a broadside due to the fact that a guy’s injured, if Roethlisberger is retired determination starting connected Sunday, I’m going to presume he’s fine.”
So are we. After bettors loaded up connected the Bengals due to the fact that of wounded concerns to thrust down the number, we’ll backmost the Steelers astatine a discounted terms to widen their dominance implicit Cincinnati, which has mislaid 11 of the past 12 meetings and hasn’t won astatine Heinz Field successful six years.
Here are 4 much plays (home squad successful CAPS):
Cardinals (-7) implicit JAGUARS: This is simply a play against Jacksonville, which is 0-2 consecutive up and ATS and successful the moving with the New York Jets for rubric of the NFL’s worst team. Before the Broncos bushed the Jaguars 23-13 past week, Denver manager Vic Fangio said Jacksonville rookie manager Urban Meyer told him, “Every week is similar playing Alabama successful the NFL.” Jaguars rookie backmost Trevor Lawrence has completed lone 50 percent of his passes successful his archetypal 2 games and thrown 5 interceptions. Arizona QB Kyler Murray is an MVP campaigner aft starring the Cardinals to a 2-0 grounds portion throwing for 689 yards and accounting for 9 touchdowns.
PATRIOTS (-3) implicit Saints: Technically, New Orleans was the “home team” successful its season-opening 38-3 triumph implicit Green Bay successful Jacksonville, Florida, and won’t beryllium playing its 3rd consecutive roadworthy crippled to commencement the play astatine New England. But, successful reality, it volition beryllium New Orleans’ 3rd crippled successful a enactment distant from location aft it was displaced by Hurricane Ida. The Saints, who mislaid 26-7 astatine Carolina past week, are successful a pugnacious spot and volition beryllium hard-pressed to lick a Patriots defence that has allowed the second-fewest points successful the league (11.5 ppg).
Chargers (+7) implicit CHIEFS: The two-time defending AFC champion Chiefs person covered lone 2 of their past 13 games wide and 1 of their past 7 location games. The Chargers covered some meetings past play and are 6-3 ATS successful their past 9 trips to Kansas City, which has allowed 65 points successful its archetypal 2 games against the Browns and Ravens.
VIKINGS (+2) implicit Seahawks: Minnesota dealt its fans a soul-crushing nonaccomplishment erstwhile kicker Greg Joseph missed a 37-yard field-goal effort connected the last play of Sunday’s 34-33 decision to the Cardinals. Minnesota (0-2) is hopeless to debar an 0-3 start, and teams that unfastened the play 0-2 are 28-12 ATS against 1-1 teams, specified arsenic the Seahawks, successful Week 3. Also, 0-2 underdogs are connected a 37-21 screen streak successful Week 3.
Last week: 3-2
Season: 6-4
Contact newsman Todd Dewey astatine tdewey@reviewjournal.com. Follow @tdewey33 connected Twitter.
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