NFL Week 8 Pick and Preview -- Pittsburgh Steelers at Detroit Lions

Pittsburgh and Detroit Look for Solid Showing

Are the Pittsburgh Steelers the best team in the NFL? They’ve looked very good this year. They’ve got a tough test coming up Sunday night when they visit the Detroit Lions. The Lions are coming off the bye week.

Pittsburgh is a 3-point road favorite at press time with a total of 45.5. NBC has the coverage beginning at 8:30 PM ET.

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The Steelers have experienced some setbacks in their two losses to Chicago (+7.5 at home) and Jacksonville (+8 away). Otherwise, they’ve played quality football on both sides of the field, overcoming issues like RB Le’Veon Bell’s training camp holdout and injuries on the offensive line.

The Under was on a 6-0 winning streak before the Steelers beat the Cincinnati Bengals 29-14 last week (Over 40.5).

Detroit got off to a quick start this year, but things have been unravelling since their offensive line got smashed by injuries in September. Tackle Greg Robinson (ankle) joined the list two weeks ago and wasn’t active during the open portion of Monday’s practice session; right guard TJ Lang (back) did practice after missing their Week 6 loss to New Orleans (–5 at home).

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Pittsburgh	5-2	4-3	21.00	16.57	4.43	2-1	2-2	1-6	1-2	0-4
Detroit	3-3	3-3	26.83	24.83	2	1-2	2-1	4-2	3-0	1-2

Power Stats

Yards Per Point

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
PIT	17.13	15.6	1.53
DET	11.11	13.64	-2.53

Yards Per Pass

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
PIT	11.33	7.92	3.41
DET	9.44	10.78	-1.34

Yards Per Rush

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
PIT	3.83	4.67	-0.84
DET	3.52	3.75	-0.23

Team Records

Pittsburgh Steelers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	5-2	2-1	3-1	4-3	2-1	2-2	21.00	16.57	4.43
vs Conf	4-1	1-1	3-0	3-2	1-1	2-1	20.80	16.80	4.00
vs Div	4-1	2-0	2-1	3-2	2-0	1-2	23.80	14.60	9.20
Last 3	2-1	1-1	1-0	2-1	1-1	1-0	19.00	19.00	0.00

Detroit Lions

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	3-3	1-2	2-1	3-3	1-2	2-1	26.83	24.83	2.00
vs Conf	3-3	1-2	2-1	3-3	1-2	2-1	26.83	24.83	2.00
vs Div	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	14.00	7.00	7.00
Last 3	1-2	0-1	1-1	1-2	0-1	1-1	25.33	28.67	-3.34

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	21.00	17	24.83	28
Away Team Road Passing vs Home Team Home Passing Defense	230.00	12	291.67	28
Away Team Road Rushing vs Home Team Home Rushing Defense	118.00	11	74.67	8
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	26.83	8	16.57	3
Home Team Home Passing vs Away Team Road Passing Defense	243.33	13	173.25	1
Home Team Home Rushing vs Away Team Road Rushing Defense	67.67	32	96.75	8

Head To Head Summary

Name	Record	ATS	OU	Score	Rush	YPR	PA	CP	PY	TY	TO +/-
Pittsburgh	5-1	2-4	5-1	31.00	128.50	3.82	31.33	63.30	229.67	358.17	1.50
Detroit	1-5	4-2	5-1	20.17	98.00	4.26	33.83	52.22	207.00	305.00	2.00

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	Home	Score	Line	Total	OU Result	ARY	APY	ATY	ATT	HRY	HPY	HTY	HTT	Away Team Attempts	Home Team Attempts	Away Team Completions	Home Team Completions
Nov 17, 2013	DET	PIT	27-37	107	344	451	3	40	358	398	0
Oct 11, 2009	PIT	DET	28-20	82	262	344	1	110	225	335	1
Jan 1, 2006	DET	PIT	21-35	105	203	308	2	199	132	331	2
Dec 23, 2001	DET	PIT	14-47	74	77	151	3	215	214	429	0
Nov 26, 1998	PIT	DET	16-19	85	208	293	2	70	213	283	2
Sep 3, 1995	DET	PIT	20-23	122	180	302	1	150	204	354	4
Nov 15, 1992	DET	PIT	14-17				0				0
Oct 1, 1989	PIT	DET	23-3				0				0
Dec 7, 1986	DET	PIT	17-27				0				0
Nov 24, 1983	PIT	DET	3-45				0				0

NFL Betting Trends

Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Pittsburgh is 14-3 SU in its last 17 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Pittsburgh's last 7 games
Pittsburgh is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Pittsburgh's last 7 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Detroit
Pittsburgh is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games when playing Detroit

Detroit Lions
Detroit is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games
Detroit is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 6 games
Detroit is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Detroit is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games at home
Detroit is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Pittsburgh
Detroit is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh

Team Last 5 Games

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
Oct 22, 2017	CIN	29-14	W	-4/40	W/O	152	268	420	71	108	179	-2	H
Oct 15, 2017	KC	19-13	W	3.5/46.5	W/U	194	245	439	28	223	251	1	A
Oct 8, 2017	JAC	9-30	L	-7.5/41	L/U	70	301	371	231	82	313	4	H
Oct 1, 2017	BAL	26-9	W	-3.5/41.5	W/U	173	208	381	82	206	288	-2	A
Sep 24, 2017	CHI	17-23	L	-6.5/43.5	L/U	70	212	282	220	84	304	0	A

Detroit Lions

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
Oct 15, 2017	NO	38-52	L	6/50.5	L/O	66	281	347	193	186	379	2	A
Oct 8, 2017	CAR	24-27	L	-2/41.5	L/O	50	192	242	28	334	362	1	H
Oct 1, 2017	MIN	14-7	W	2.5/43.5	W/U	97	154	251	87	197	284	-3	A
Sep 24, 2017	ATL	26-30	L	3/50.5	L/O	71	253	324	151	277	428	-3	H
Sep 18, 2017	NYG	24-10	W	3/42.5	W/U	138	119	257	62	208	270	0	A

Weather in
Detroit - United States

 45°F

Cloudy
Humidity is 60%
Wind is Northwest 7 mph
Visibility is 10.004077 mi
Pressure is N/A inHg

Forecast for Detroit

 

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