Green Bay Packers vs Pittsburgh Steelers Picks and Odds (Oct 3)
Packers vs Steelers Betting Preview
WagerTalk handicapper Dave Cokin offers his Week 4 betting thoughts as two of the NFL’s iconic franchises – Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers – step onto Lambeau Field. At the time of posting, Green Bay is a -6.5 home favorite over Pittsburgh with the total sitting at 45.5 points.
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Green Bay Packers vs Pittsburgh Steelers Prediction
The football world is very down on the Steelers right now. Big Ben looks shot and the offense has been highly dysfunctional. It might well be that what has been a very lengthy run of respectable or better Pittsburgh teams is coming to an end. The Packers are back at Lambeau after an exciting win at San Francisco and they’re now 2-1, having put the opening week disaster vs. the Saints in the rear view mirror. My take is that while I readily admit the Steelers have shortcomings, I am not yet convinced they’re as bad as they’ve looked thus far. As for Green Bay, they’re good, but I don’t know that they’re this much better than this opponent.
My power ratings don’t have wild swings off one or two results, so the way I grade teams, I’ve still got these teams pretty close. I made the Packers -4 here, so a little value on the dog. More importantly for me, I see this as a game that’s of paramount importance to Pittsburgh. Another bad loss and this season could get away very quickly. I’m expecting a very competitive battle and I’ll take the points with the Steelers to at last cover the number.
Here’s the NFL free selection for Week 4. All my current pending plays are up at @WagerTalk https://t.co/crCpGZvtUv along with details on the site wide October special. pic.twitter.com/1RIbNzSHQb
— Dave Cokin (@davecokin) September 30, 2021
Green Bay vs Pittsburgh Analysis from The GoldSheet
Sunday’s game against Cincinnati was the first time in the last 75 games that the Steelers failed to record a sack. Since 2019, the Pittsburgh Steelers are 10-3 against the spread as an underdog, including an outright win as a 7-point underdog in Week 1 against the Buffalo Bills. Green Bay’s last four home games have all gone over the total.
NFL Opening Line Report
What have we learned through the first three weeks of the 2021 NFL season? In this week’s edition of The Opening Line Report, Teddy Covers and Drew Martin recap Sunday’s action before breaking down the Week 4 betting market from three key angles: a) What were the look-ahead lines from last week; b) Where did the lines re-open after Sunday’s action; c) Where the lines are heading before kickoff this week. Join Teddy and Drew every Monday for this informative NFL betting exercise.
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