Detroit At Pittsburgh

[buddha]

lions +9.

discuss

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Well I predicted this would be a game they could win in the other thread given how poorly Pittsburgh was playing at the time. I no longer predict that win now that Pittsburgh has since won 4 straight games. Lions are probably going to get rolled on Sunday.

[buddha]

6 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Well I predicted this would be a game they could win in the other thread given how poorly Pittsburgh was playing at the time. I no longer predict that win now that Pittsburgh has since won 4 straight games. Lions are probably going to get rolled on Sunday.

pittsburgh may have beaten the bears, but they got really lucky to do it.  the refs handed that game to pittsburgh.

i'm not sure how the lions can move the ball on them (or anyone), but pittsburgh's offense isnt all that great either.

[Motown Bombers]

Miami beat Baltimore. Takes them out of the running for the #1 pick. Now we just need Houston to win and we are in good shape. 

[RandyMarsh]

Lions coming off a bye and the Steelers on a short week, I think this is a game that they could potentially steal at the very least I expect them to cover. Of course I thought they were gonna beat Philly last game and they got steamrolled so you never know with this team or the NFL in general. 

[MichiganCardinal]

I don't bet but if I did I would put a few units on the Lions +9.

• Steelers are not good. They've won by 7, 8, 3(OT), 5, and 2. 
• Short week for Steelers
• Long rest for Lions
• Decker back, addition of Reynolds both may add some life to the team
• Steelers playing the Chargers next week in SNF, could be looking ahead
• Ben Roethlisberger is a walking corpse who should not be in the NFL.

This is one of three non-shocking winnable games left (along with Bears and Vikings).

 

 

[Motown Bombers]

 

[gehringer_2]

Big Ben out for tomorrow

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32624563/pittsburgh-steelers-qb-ben-roethlisberger-placed-reserve-covid-19-list-sunday-vs-detroit-lions

[buddha]

no rothlisberger probably helps the steelers.

[buddha]

line down to steelers -6.5

good thing i teased the lions to +15.5!

[buddha]

55 minutes ago, buddha said:

no rothlisberger probably helps the steelers.

the only person who would be confused by this post is someone who hasnt watched the steelers play this year.  rothlisberger is awful.

[gehringer_2]

6 minutes ago, buddha said:

the only person who would be confused by this post is someone who hasnt watched the steelers play this year.  rothlisberger is awful.

in the absence of a better option, the emoj looks suitable as a wry face or irony. I don't much care what  the forum SW wants to call it. They are visual cues so they are what they look like, not what the forum SW decides to tag them. Call it the Humpty Dumpty approach to emojis.

Edited November 14, 2021 by gehringer_2

[sagnam]

Roethlisberger has not been good, that’s for sure.  Thing is Mason Rudolph at his best is actually worse than Ben.  It doesn’t really matter though as Harris was probably going to run over the Lions all day no matter who the QB was.

[RandyMarsh]

If the Lions could somehow pull this off we'd have a rare weekend where both Michigan teams won, the Pistons won, the Red Wings won and the Lions won. Considering the state of Detroit/Michigan sports the past decade things like that just don't happen that often. 

[Hongbit]

No Ben means no chance the Steelers overlook the Lions.  Not good.   

[buddha]

down to steelers - 5.5

[Motown Bombers]

Roethlisberger has been as bad as Goff. This really isn't a bad thing for Pittsburgh. 

[Hongbit]

They have had a bye week to correct the awfulness they showed the last time out.  I think they will look much better defensively (it’s hard to look worse) but Watt and Heyward will most likely destroy any offensive gameplay the Lions draw up.   
 

PITT 24

LIONS 19

Late TD gives them a back door cover but Steelers control most of the game 

[buddha]

back to -6 as the money flows back to pittsburgh.

i'm not sure how the lions score, but they keep it close.  23-16 stillahs.

[Motown Bombers]

I'll go 17-16 Lions. Trey Flowers career as a Lion ends in this game. He clubs Mason Rudolph with his own helmet, gets suspended, and is subsequently released by the Lions. 

[buddha]

no jamaal williams or josh reynolds today.  that will hurt.

[buddha]

33 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

I'll go 17-16 Lions. Trey Flowers career as a Lion ends in this game. He clubs Mason Rudolph with his own helmet, gets suspended, and is subsequently released by the Lions. 

but does he lie afterward and claim rudolph used a racial slur?

[Motown Bombers]

13 minutes ago, buddha said:

but does he lie afterward and claim rudolph used a racial slur?

Of course, but little does Flowers know that Rudolph was mic'd up for this game and no slurs were heard as the mic in his helmet was being bashed against his head. 

[Motown Bombers]

The Lions deferred so that means they will win. 

[Motor City Sonics]

24, all you had to do was turn your head and that's not a PI call.