The Duke's Sports
Green Bay (-3') for 2 Units
The Packers have grown into a smart football team under McCarthy. They limit mistakes, don't panic when they do make mistakes, and are not a heavily penalized team. Defensively, they're opportunistic, aggressive but technically sound in their scheme; moreover, they give ground but tighten in the red zone and limit points. The Bears' offensive line still has weak points that should be exploited today. Cutler carved up a mediocre Seattle secondary last week but will face a more formidable challenge today. GB's defense creates a lot of confusion with their zone blitzes and the Packers' interior defense is more adept at covering ground and locating crossers and receivers over the middle of the field than most teams the Bears played. On the other offensive end, we'll look for Aaron Rodgers to do his thing vs a more predictable vanilla defense that the Bears' DC Marinelli dials up. And if you're looking for a revenge theory with the Bears' Lovie Smith sporting a pretty good mark in that department, look at McCarthy who is 14-2 ATS on the road off a non-division opponent against an opponent with revenge.
Carolina Sports
4* Northwestern
4* Bradley
3* Central Michigan
3* Fairfield
4* Packers/Bears Under
3* Packers
3* Jets/Steelers Under
Seabass
200* Packers -3 Buy Half
200* Pitt
100* Teaser Pitt & Under
Fairway Jay
Jets / Steelers Under
LT Profits
Packers / Bears Under
Erin Rynning
Bears
Tom Stryker
Pittsburgh -3.5
Jim Feist
Nuggets
Gameday Sports
Packers
Steelers
Tony George
Pittsburgh -3.5
I will throw out the stats here, and just give you what I have learned from 20 years of capping. A good team is avenging a home loss to a team in the same season. Pitt will get revenge. The Jets are road warriors no doubt, BUT they cannot run the ball against the Steelers and it boils down to a battle of QBs and Big Ben is FAR SUPERIOR to Sanchez. The Jets are on their 3rd straight roadie against a Giant and the emotion spent last week beating the Pats will NOT be matched. As a matter of fact the letdown and then getting back up for this game with everything on the line is a HUGE issue for the Jets. I have seen this fail more times than not in the past, sometimes in an ugly way. The Steelers win and win ugly, but they are too much for the Jets who have not seen a defense like this in their last 2 games. Pitt the better team at home. Play 1 Unit on Pittsburgh.
Underdog
NY Jets