Pittsburgh Steelers (1-2) vs. Green Bay Packers (2-1)
October 3, 2021 4:25 pm EDT
The Line: Green Bay Packers -6.5 / Pittsburgh Steelers +6.5; Over/Under: 48
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The Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers meet in a NFL showdown from Lambeau Field in Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon.
The Pittsburgh Steelers will look to bounce back from a 24-10 loss to Cincinnati in their last game. Ben Roethlisberger’s thrown for 801 yards, 3 touchdowns and 3 picks on 63.8% passing while Najee Harris has rushed for 123 yards this season. Chase Claypool leads Pittsburgh with 211 receiving yards while Harris, Diontae Johnson and JuJu Smith-Schuster each have 100+ receiving yards this year. On defense, Joe Schobert leads Pittsburgh with 21 total tackles while T.J. Watt leads the way with 3 sacks on the year.
The Green Bay Packers will be out to add to their 30-28 win over San Francisco in primetime last time out. Aaron Rodgers has thrown for 649 yards, 6 touchdowns and.2 interceptions while Aaron Jones leads the Pack on the ground with 158 rushing yards and a pair of scores. Davante Adams leads Green Bay’s receiving group with 25 grabs for 309 yards this season. On defense, De’Vondre Campbell leads the Packers with 31 total tackles on the year so far.
Pittsburgh is 24-8-2 ATS in their last 34 games as an underdog and 3-7 in their last 10 games overall while the under is 40-13-1 in their last 54 road games. Green Bay is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 home games while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 games following a win.
I get why you’d make the case for the Steelers here, but the fact remains that Pittsburgh is still banged up as can be and the offense is sluggish even at the best of times. Green bay is starting to get their act together and I just don’t see any way that the Steelers keep pace here. I think this could end up being a double-digit Packers win, so I’ll lay the points with Green Bay here.
