Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Philadelphia Eagles Betting Preview September 25, 2016

The Steelers offense is rolling along. in their first game they beat up Washington 38-16 with Big Ben passing for 290 yards and 3 TD’s and they rushed for 147 yards while building a 15 point lead by the fourth quarter. last week against the Bengals it was Big Ben again passing for 250 yards and another 3 TD’s and the running game producing 124 more yards on the ground. although Dalton threw for over 350 yards it just wasn’t enough as the Steelers shut down the run holding the Bengals to 46 rushing yards. The Eagles scored 29 points in both of their wins and won each game by holding on to the ball. In their first game against the Browns they rushed for 133 yards and rookie QB Wentz passed for 270 yards and two TD,s without a pick while holding the ball for just under 40 minutes. their defense played well holding the Browns offense to under 300 total yards. last week against the Bears it was another balanced offense with 100 rushing yards and Wentz passing for 180 yards and one TD and again no picks this time holding the ball for 36 minutes and holding the Bears offense to under 300 yards total. The oddsmakers have this game with the Steelers as a 3.5 favorite and the total set at 42. The public like Pittsburgh with 64% backing them and think the game will be high scoring with 72% behind the over according to Covers.com consensus analysis.

10/07/12: Eagles 14 @ Steelers 16

09/21/08: Steelers 6 @ Eagles 15

11/07/04: Eagles 3 @ Steelers 27