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NFL Handicapping Analysis: Week 16
6-8 Las Vegas Raiders vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 6-8
Date: Saturday, December 24th
Time: 8:15pm
Venue: Acrisure Stadium
NFL Week 16 ATS Betting Lines: Raiders +3.0 | Steelers -3.0 (Bet Now!)
NFL Week 16 Money Line Odds: Raiders +130 | Steelers -150
NFL Week 16 NFL Betting Total: O/U 39.5
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It’s a battle between two AFC rivals with a history that goes back to 1970 and became cemented in 1972 with the “Immaculate Reception”. Actually this game will be played 50 years and one day after Pittsburgh’s Franco Harris made one of football’s most famous plays.
While during the heyday of the rivalry in the 1970s both teams were two of the best in the League. Fast forward to 2022 and both teams are outside of the playoff picture looking in and enter this match-up with losing 6-8 records.
Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders are coming in with four of their six wins coming in their last five games after going 3-7 through their first ten games of the year. That includes a 40 point outing against the Seahawks in a 40-34 OT victory in Seattle. Their most recent game was a come from behind win over the New England Patriots where they scored two touchdowns in the final 32 seconds to win. That included a bizarre fumble recovery by Chandler Jones who broke the 24 point tie with his end zone return.
On the season, Las Vegas is averaging 24.1 points per game while giving up that same number against but they’ve gotten that number down to just 20.3 against through their last three tries.
Outside of their Week 14 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, quarterback Derek Carr has been good since Week 11 where he went three straight games of 250 or more passing yards and averaged over 8.0 yards per play. Carr posted 3 majors in their win over the Patriots, despite being sacked three times and throwing an interception.
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has his starting QB for this Christmas Eve match-up. Rookie Kenny Pickett should leave concussion protocol this week and is expected to get the start against the Raiders Saturday night if there are no setbacks. Pickett is coming off his second documented concussion in his first pro season with his first coming in Week 6.
Pittsburgh has also picked it up recently with four wins over their last six games which includes a 24-16 victory over the Carolina Panthers last week with Mitch Trubisky under center. In that win they relied heavily on the run game with all of their trips to the end zone coming off the rush and Trubisky limiting himself to just 179 yards in the air.
Overall on the year, the Steelers are averaging just 17.9 points per game but have pushed it to 19.0 points during their last three games. On the other side of the ball, they’re giving up 22.1 on the season but have tightened things up on defence to bring that number down to just 16.0 points against.
NFL Betting Trends:
- Over is 6-2-1 in Steelers last 9 Saturday games.
- Over is 5-2 in Raiders last 7 games after allowing less than 150 yards passing in their previous game.
- Raiders are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall.
- Raiders are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 meetings in Pittsburgh.
- Raiders are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 meetings.
4* Free Week 16 NFL Betting Prediction: Over 39.5
While we might not get anything immaculate out of this game, we will get two teams that are hitting their strides. While it may be too late for them to muscle their way into a playoff spot, they should put up the points Saturday night.
With the Raiders averaging in and around 24 points recently and the uptick in Pittsburgh’s offence, I don’t see why they can’t cover 40 points.
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