Another Thursday night in the NFL and again it is one of those for die-hard betters and not much else. The New England Patriots are on the road to face the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Patriots lost 6-0 to the Chargers last week and Pittsburgh lost 24-10 to Arizona. Nothing has gone right for the Patriots this season. They have lost five in a row and have been held to seven points or less for three straight games and five times this season. Whether it be Bailey Zappe or Mac Joned, the quarterback position has been dreadful this season. The Patriots are 23rd in passing offense, 22nd in the league in rushing offense, and 32nd in scoring offense at 12.3 points per game. On the defensive side, they are 16th in scoring defense at 21.2 points per game. The Steelers are 7-5 on the season and they hold the top wild-card spot in the AFC with four teams with 7-5 records. The Steelers rank 28th in passing offense, 14th in rushing offense, and 28th in scoring offense at 16 points per contest. On the defensive side, they rank 6th in scoring defense, giving up 19.1 points per game. Both teams have not gotten much from their quarterbacks and now the Steelers will be without Pickett for the next couple of weeks. I am not sure it will be any worse. New England’s offense has been terrible all season coming in last in the league in scoring. For what it is worth Pittsburgh has at least been able to move the ball on offense the last couple of weeks. It doesn't matter if it is Zappe or Jones, the loss of Stevenson is a big detriment to the Patriots' offense. I don’t see how they move the ball against the Pittsburgh defense. The Chargers only needed six points to get the win and I think the Steelers will score a little more and shut out the Patriots once again.

Play on Pittsburgh. This is a 3% play.