Steelers vs. Ravens: AFC North Showdown in the Steel City

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00:00in no love lost between two organizations, two head coaches

00:05that know each other very, very well in the Steel City on

00:10Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers at seven and two in the top

00:14spot in the AFC North by a half game in front of the seven and

00:18three Baltimore Ravens will face off inside Akershaw again

00:23for first place in the AFC North on the line Pittsburgh

00:28three point home underdog total 48 and a half DRS. Let's first

00:34start with the team that is favored. Yeah, is the right

00:37side favored in the Ravens.

00:40They are the right side favorite. And also keep in mind

00:41that the fans of sportsbook earlier this week, they were

00:43favored by three and a half. Now we're down to three. And I

00:45completely agree with that these are two evenly matched teams.

00:48And now you have that extra offensive oomph here for the

00:51Pittsburgh Steelers. I think that plays into but hear me out

00:53on this too. During the week, you're watching these lines

00:56move. Yes, but also keep in mind Najee Harris sat out of

00:59practice yesterday did not practice due to an ankle injury.

01:01You take a look at Alex Highsmith, who's an unbelievably

01:04talented defensive end slash linebacker pass dresser. He's

01:07not going to play in this football game. Deontay or Dante

01:10Jackson, also a cornerback struggling with a hamstring

01:13injury, not going to practice and didn't practice yesterday.

01:15So there is an injury report full of concerns for the

01:18Pittsburgh Steelers. But I'm still not changing my opinion

01:20just yet until I see it because Thursday practice on Friday to

01:23see who's going. I just think Pittsburgh is centered where

01:26this is a great chance for them to beat the Baltimore Ravens.

01:28And I do think taking the three points for me makes the most

01:31sense early in the week right now.

01:33So here's a really good bit of note from Stucky. I think he

01:37works with Action Network. It's a name that some know. But

01:40since Harbaugh got to Baltimore in 2008, year 17 for Harbaugh

01:45year number 18 for Mike Tomlin. Of course, that consistency is

01:48rare in the National Football League. But since Harbaugh

01:51arrived in Baltimore, favorites of three or more in Raven

01:56Steelers game, of course, it's at that flat number of a field

01:59goal are 218 and three against the spread a cover percentage

02:05of just 10 percentage points Harbaugh himself when favored by

02:10at least a field goal against the bitter rivals in Pittsburgh.

02:14Oh, 10 and two against the number, you can win the game

02:19outright, but still that flat number of three is huge. I will

02:22just say this, the Steelers and underdog three times this year,

02:25outright victories in all 314 and 11 straight up as a dog

02:31since the end of the Big Ben era starting in 2022. Along with the

02:36Chiefs, we'll talk about in just a moment as an underdog, the

02:39only two teams in the NFL in that span to have a winning

02:42record outright, and the Chiefs have only been an underdog five

02:45times Pittsburgh 15 times in total, but the Ravens four times

02:50this year DRS against really good competition, a favorite of

02:53four points or less they have covered in all four of those

02:58games. Again, the good competition in Dallas when the

03:00Cowboys still maybe had a little bit of something and the Ravens

03:03had started Oh, and two by the way, against Buffalo resounding

03:06win by 25 that overtime through the week five against Cincinnati

03:10and against a banged up Buccaneers team, but still they

03:13entered that game having been at a four and two mark so the

03:18Ravens have played in games expected to be great and tight

03:22and they have come out on the winning end with a cover as

03:24well.

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