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Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys Gambling Odds & Week 15 Free NFL Pick

Pittsburgh vs Dallas Betting!

The Cowboys and Steelers are both at 7-6 and in the playoff hunt and the loser of this game will be behind the 8-ball in their post-season push. The Steelers have lost 3 of their last 4 games and even with Ben Roethlisberger back under center they suffered a shocking home loss to the Chargers in their last game.

Venue/ Stadium: Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX
Time/Date: 4:25 PM EST Sunday, December 16, 2012
NFL Odds From: BetOnline
Moneyline: Steelers -110 / Cowboys -110
Spread: Steelers -1
Over/Under:  44

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Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys Preview

On the other side of the coin the Cowboys have won 2 in a row and 4 of their last 5 games and Tony Romo is playing great football. NFL lines have the Steelers as 1-point road favorites with a total of 44.

In their last games the Cowboys beat the Cincinnati Bengals 20-19 and the Steelers lost to the San Diego Chargers 34-24.

On the season the Steelers are 5-7-1 ATS and they have an Over/Under record of 6-7 and the Cowboys are 5-8 ATS and they have an Over/Under record of 6-7.

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The Cowboys’ offense has been playing well, but they may be without WR Dez Bryant in this game and that loss may be a big blow, as he has been en fuego in the last few games. Even if he cannot go Romo has a couple other legit receivers and TE Jason Witten. Romo ha averaged over 300 passing yards in his last 6 games and in that span he only has 3 INT. The Steelers have the best pass defense, but their secondary is really banged up and in the San Diego loss they gave up 11 3rd downs through the air.

DeMarco Murray has been decent since missing several games with an injury and he has to help Romo out on offense. He will be facing a Pittsburgh run defense that gave up 94 rushing yards to the Chargers last week and overall ranks 5th in the league.[soliloquy id=”82219″]

Big Ben passed for 285 yards with 3 TD and 1 INT in the loss to San Diego, but he got little help from the rushing offense. He has a good WR corps, but WR Mike Wallace cannot have multiple dropped balls like he did last week.

Pittsburgh RB Rashard Mendenhall is suspended for this game and RB Jonathan Dwyer will be the main back. In the Chargers game he only rushed for 32 yards.

The Cowboys pass defense is solid ranking 8th in the league, but their run defense has struggled. Their run D ranks 16th in the league and even winning their last 2 games they gave up an average of 7.2 yards per carry.

In some betting trends for this non-conference match up the Steelers are 3-1-1 ATS vs. a team with a winning record, 3-8 ATS in their last 11 road games, and they have an Over record of 6-2 in their last 8 road games.

The Cowboys are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games, 5-17 ATS in their last 22 home games, and they have an Over record of 4-1 in their last 5 games.

Jason’s Pick: The Cowboys are the home underdog, but they are hot and facing a banged up Pittsburgh defense they will win and improve their playoff chances.