Pittsburgh Steelers vs Washington Commanders: A Close NFL Matchup

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00:00far more likely to finish last in their division than win their

00:03division. Both have a legitimate shot to take their division

00:08down. Pittsburgh continuously finding a way whether it's

00:11Russell Wilson, or Justin Fields, the commanders and Jayden

00:14Daniels have impressed and now the defense is starting to find

00:18their level and covering for maybe a bad game here or there

00:22out of the offense, which has still been a tough group to

00:24keep down. It's what TJ Watt and the Pittsburgh Steelers

00:28defense will try to do here. The total for this one is 44 and

00:33a half. As the Steelers are off a bye. They're just a two and a

00:36half point underdog. You see when you dive into this game,

00:39what do you look for? Well, it's an interesting matchup. You

00:42have two teams that have won three straight the Steelers have

00:44won three straight Russell Wilson, two games on their

00:47center by 16.3. On the flip side, you have one that have

00:52won three games by 13.4 points per game. They have won seven of

00:57the last eight games in the in the season this year. So they're

01:01running the football. Jayden Daniels 206 on the through the

01:04air. We saw Chris Rodriguez breakout Noah Brown, as well.

01:09The concern that I have is Russell Wilson making his first

01:11career start even though he's a veteran with this club on the

01:14road. I like the way the defense is playing for Washington four

01:18and oh at home Cav. They're playing with house money right

01:21now they're confident and I like what they have. I'm going to

01:24take the commanders and but I do feel we got through the 44

01:27and a half. I think it's a great game. I really do. And you can

01:30you know me I'm high on the Steelers here. I got a lot

01:32riding, you know, Russell Wilson hot takes. But to be honest, I

01:34look at this football game. I think it's a pretty even

01:36matchup. The one way I would sort of lean slant is yes, we

01:39know Russell Wilson's been around the block Super Bowl

01:41champion quarterback looking much better here over the past

01:43two weeks than he did out of that first start over that first

01:45let's just say two to two and a half quarters. But also

01:48understand this defense does still win championships in the

01:50NFL and the better defense by far for me is on the Pittsburgh

01:53Steelers side. That is a hellacious pass rush that's

01:55going to be coming after a rookie quarterback. And the one

01:57thing that we do know is it's always tough to win with

02:00rookies but Mike Tomlin's record against rookies is really good

02:0220 and 421 and four something like that on since he's been

02:05around. Now if I'm being optimistic about this game, I

02:08think Russ has a big game. I think George Pickens has a big

02:10game. I think Najee is a big game for me. It's going to be

02:13the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive pass rush that's going

02:15to win this game. I'll lay the minus two or excuse me take the

02:17two and a half points in this game with the Steelers. I look

02:20into this game. I wondered if we would see plus three reappear

02:24in the market this morning. It's going the other way. More

02:27flat twos coming around. People are betting Pittsburgh here. I

02:30wonder how much of that is Mike Tomlin against a rookie

02:32quarterback. I wonder if we're at the point in the calendar

02:35where bye weeks are going to become more important than we

02:38think. Pittsburgh not only off of a bye, Washington playing

02:41their 10th game in a row. They have one of the later buys in

02:45the National Football League this season. I think with

02:47Homefield's advantage, Washington is appropriately

02:51placed as a favorite. I'm not expecting them to necessarily

02:55run away with the game like this year. I am expecting Jaden

02:58Daniels, though, to have a big game and get through the 222

03:02and a half passing yards prop with a level of ease. The three

03:06games he's missed this. His last game, which you know for me

03:08always then makes me think of bounce back spot. The game he

03:11was injured in, which doesn't really count. And then his NFL

03:14debut against Tampa Bay. He's been very good at getting

03:17through this total. And I've talked about fading the

03:19Pittsburgh secondary back when we were covering their Monday

03:22night or against the Giants, and they allowed Daniel Jones to

03:25throw for over 260 yards in that game against a complete game

03:29healthy quarterback. They consistently give up a lot

03:32through the air outside of the great debut or open to their

03:36season in Atlanta against Kirk Cousins. We are seeing

03:40quarterbacks get through this number with a lot of ease. And

03:43I think for Jane Daniels today, they'll be pushed a little bit

03:47more than maybe they were in their past few games. When you

03:50think about the Giants and the Chicago Bears. I mean, he

03:53didn't play the game against Carolina. Obviously, that

03:55offense didn't have a lot of threat to them as well. I

03:59expect Jaden Daniels to do his job and get through the total.

04:03I'm interested to see if the Washington defense, no Marshall

04:07and Lattimore doesn't make the debut who has struggled against

04:10number one wide receivers has actually fixed that because

04:14against Baltimore's a flowers lit them up. Since, again,

04:19they've done a nice job limiting bleak neighbors last week on

04:21nine catches doesn't even break through 60 yards. What does

04:25George Pickens give us here today? Can he get into that 8090

04:30range here? Lisi? Or does Washington have an answer for

04:33that Russ Pickens connection?

04:35Well, it might be secondary options could be Calvin Austin.

04:38He's a speedier type of wide receiver 21 and a half is his

04:41number today could be Friar Newt as well underneath it taken

04:44away the long shot, maybe Friar Newt and those tight tight ends

04:48like Darnell Washington get involved. And I'll throw out

04:51Mike Williams, I believe his numbers 11 and a half the new

04:54edition from the New York Jets underutilized with Aaron Rogers,

04:58he could be a role player, especially in terms of red zone

05:01opportunities. I'll throw another name out on the

05:03Washington side cap because if you if Jaden Daniels blows

05:07through his number, right, which I believe as well, and

05:09Donnie said, you know, very over aggressive defense, the running

05:13lane should be open, but not just the running lanes for Jaden

05:16Daniels. It's secondary options Eckler coming out of the

05:19backfielder 2627 and a half in the receiving game. We saw

05:23Brees Hall have 100 yards, I believe a couple weeks ago,

05:27keep an eye out for that.

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