Dirty's Online Gambling Headlines: NFL Preseason Preview: Falcons at Steelers

Steelers Host the NFC Champ Falcons

The Pittsburgh Steelers are just trying to survive their preseason with a very tough August. They got over the obstacle with a win in their opener against the New York Giants by a score of 20-12. It doesn't get any easier the the NFC Champion Atlanta Falcons visiting this afternoon.

Fans will get their first action of the Steelers at Heinz Field in the 2017 season.

The Falcons are still trying to prove that they’re over their Super Bowl 51 loss to the New England Patriots in February. Is there any residual hangover from their epic loss to the Pats? They fell just short in a 23-20 loss to the Miami Dolphins last week. They’re looking for their first victory since their NFC title win over the Green Bay Packers back in January.

The two teams will showcase their talents on national television on Sunday afternoon. The game televised on the NFL Network. Oddsmakers have the Falcons as 3-point favorites and the total is at 39. This line opened with the Steelers as 3-point favorites.

Steelers and Falcons Play for First Time Since 2014

Atlanta hasn’t played against the Steelers since 2014. The team has changed quite a bit since then. Many of the headliners for Pittsburgh are unlikely to play in this game to keep them healthy.

The Steelers should be a stiffer test on both sides of the ball than the Dolphins were. Let’s take a look at how these two teams compare by the numbers. All stats are based on the 2016 regular season.

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Atlanta	13-6	12-7	34.11	25.32	8.79	5-6	7-1	17-2	11-0	6-2
Pittsburgh	13-6	11-7-1	24.42	20.58	3.84	5-3-1	6-4	7-12	4-5	3-7

Yards Per Point

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
ATL	12.21	14.88	-2.67
PIT	15.26	16.48	-1.22

Yards Per Pass

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
ATL	12.79	10.18	2.61
PIT	11.05	10.12	0.93

Yards Per Rush

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
ATL	4.48	4.58	-0.1
PIT	4.35	4.11	0.24

Atlanta Falcons

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	13-6	7-4	6-2	12-7	5-6	7-1	34.11	25.32	8.79
vs Conf	11-3	7-1	4-2	10-4	5-3	5-1	36.00	24.36	11.64
vs Div	5-1	2-1	3-0	4-2	1-2	3-0	38.50	28.67	9.83
Last 3	2-1	2-1	0-0	2-1	2-1	0-0	36.00	25.00	11.00

Pittsburgh Steelers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	13-6	7-2	6-4	11-7-1	5-3-1	6-4	24.42	20.58	3.84
vs Conf	11-4	6-1	5-3	9-5-1	4-2-1	5-3	24.60	19.47	5.13
vs Div	5-1	3-0	2-1	3-2-1	1-1-1	2-1	24.00	19.50	4.50
Last 3	2-1	1-0	1-1	2-1	1-0	1-1	21.67	21.33	0.34

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	34.11	1	20.58	10
Away Team Road Passing vs Home Team Home Passing Defense	278.75	5	253.33	24
Away Team Road Rushing vs Home Team Home Rushing Defense	116.50	8	103.67	17
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	24.42	12	25.32	27
Home Team Home Passing vs Away Team Road Passing Defense	285.78	4	254.63	20
Home Team Home Rushing vs Away Team Road Rushing Defense	107.56	18	116.13	20

Name	Record	ATS	OU	Score	Rush	YPR	PA	CP	PY	TY	TO +/-
Atlanta	1-4-1	4-2	2-4	21.67	104.33	4.01	37.83	61.23	243.17	347.50	1.33
Pittsburgh	4-1-1	2-4	2-4	24.50	111.50	3.64	31.17	71.12	289.67	401.17	1.33

Date	Away	Home	Score	Line	Total	OU Result	ARY	APY	ATY	ATT	HRY
Dec 14, 2014	PIT	ATL	27-20	45	353	398	0	97	310	407	1
Sep 12, 2010	ATL	PIT	9-15	58	237	295	1	143	211	354	1
Oct 22, 2006	PIT	ATL	38-41	55	418	473	3	173	226	399	2
Nov 10, 2002	ATL	PIT	34-34	182	265	447	2	182	463	645	3
Oct 25, 1999	ATL	PIT	9-13	49	187	236	1	111	115	226	1
Oct 27, 1996	PIT	ATL	20-17	133	178	311	0	67	234	301	1
Sep 27, 1993	PIT	ATL	45-17				0				0
Nov 4, 1990	ATL	PIT	9-21				0				0
Oct 4, 1987	PIT	ATL	28-12				0				0
Oct 28, 1984	ATL	PIT	10-35				0				0

No Trends to Report

Atlanta Falcons

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Feb 5, 2017	NE	28-34	L	3/57.5	L/O	104	240	344	104	442	546	-1	H
Jan 22, 2017	GB	44-21	W	-6.5/59.5	W/O	101	392	493	99	268	367	-2	H
Jan 14, 2017	SEA	36-20	W	-6.5/51	W/O	99	323	422	101	208	309	-2	H
Jan 1, 2017	NO	38-32	W	-7.5/58.5	L/O	142	323	465	132	341	473	-1	H
Dec 24, 2016	CAR	33-16	W	-3/48.5	W/O	152	256	408	119	183	302	-2	A

Pittsburgh Steelers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Jan 22, 2017	NE	17-36	L	6/49.5	L/O	54	314	368	57	374	431	2	A
Jan 15, 2017	KC	18-16	W	2.5/45	W/U	171	218	389	61	166	227	-1	A
Jan 8, 2017	MIA	30-12	W	-11.5/47	W/U	179	188	367	52	253	305	-1	H
Jan 1, 2017	CLE	27-24	W	-3/42	P/O	69	243	312	231	206	437	-3	H
Dec 25, 2016	BAL	31-27	W	-5.5/46.5	L/O	127	279	406	122	246	368	1	H