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On Sunday the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Baltimore Ravens to take a clear lead at the top of the AFC North. On Thursday Night Football they will have an opportunity to take a two game lead in the division if they beat another divisional rival in the Cleveland Browns. Against the Ravens, the Steelers defense showed why it is amongst the best in the league. Pittsburgh kept the very dangerous Baltimore offense to only 16 points and generated 3 turnovers. Against the Browns this week, the Steelers’ defense should be finding a lot of success again this week. The Browns offense has only scored over 20 points in one game so far this season. Although anything can happen in a divisional match up, we think this game is a total mismatch. The Pittsburgh Steelers simply have a better offense and a better defense than the Browns, so we’re taking the Steelers to win and cover the spread.

The Cleveland Browns’ offense has been struggling this year, only once scoring over 20 points in a game this season (16.2 PPG, 2nd least). The Browns have only 17 offensive touchdowns to their name (2nd least) and their opponent this week, the Pittsburgh Steelers, only have four more to their name (21 total touchdowns, 9th). We expect this weeks’ game to be a low scoring affair.

In the past two weeks, the Pittsburgh Steelers have faced two very dangerous quarterbacks in Lamar Jackson and Jayden Daniels. The Steelers kept both of these MVP candidates under Jameis Winston’s passing line this week. Former defensive player of the year TJ Watt will be looking to cause havoc this week against the Browns’ offensive line that has allowed the most sacks in the NFL (46). We expect Watt to wreck the Cleveland passing game and Winston to not clear his passing line.

George Pickens had shown a lot of promise throughout his short career in Pittsburgh. But since Russell Wilson has taken over at quarterback Pickens has had the best four game stretch of his career, the first time in his career he has over 70 receiving yards in four consecutive games. Pickens should find more success this week against the Cleveland Browns defense that has taken a step back this year.

Defending the run has been the real strength of the Pittsburgh Steelers defense so far this season. They are top five in both rushing yards allowed per play (4.1 YPP, T-5th) and per game (90.8 YPG, 4th). This week they will be hoping to keep former all-pro running back, Nick Chubb, to a low total. Chubb has yet to clear this week’s passing line since his return from injury.

After six seasons as the starting quarterback of the New York Giants, Daniel Jones has been benched and fan favourite Tommy DeVito will take the reins again. DeVito played a period of games last season whilst Jones was injured and he played reasonably well, going 3-3 as a starter. In his return to the fold this week he will face the Tampa Buccaneers who are in the midst of a four game losing streak and their defense has slipped to the third worst in terms of yards allowed per game (389.3 YPG). We’re taking Tommy DeVito and the Giants to upset the reeling Buccaneers in MetLife Stadium.

CJ Stroud has been struggling in recent weeks to put together consistent quarterback play. The offensive rookie of the year last season is in the worst five game stretch of his career currently. In his past five games Stroud has only completed 57% of his throws, for 210 yards per game, 2 passing touchdowns, and 3 interceptions. This week he will face the Tennessee Titans who despite their struggles this season have the second best defense in the league in yards per game (278 YPG) and the best pass defense in the NFL (164.6 Passing YPG). If Stroud’s struggles continue against one of the league’s best defenses then the biggest upset of the season could be on the cards.

The NFC West is the most open of the divisions in the NFL. The Arizona Cardinals sit on top of the division currently at 6-4, but all other teams only sit one game back at 5-5. This week the Cardinals come off their bye week looking to extend their win streak to five games in Seattle against the Seahawks. The Cardinals have become one of the form teams in the NFL off the back of their rushing attack, which now ranks fifth in rushing yards per game (149.4 Rushing YPG). Their revered rushing attack will face the sixth worst rushing defense in the NFL (138.6 YPG) and this could be key in causing a divisional upset.

The Milwaukee Bucks are slowly climbing their way out of the big hole they fell into to start the season. Giannis Antetokounmpo and co. have won 3 of 4 games, improving to 5-9 on the season which is good enough for 12th in the East. Obviously, that’s still way below expectations, so they’ll need to continue winning. Standing in their way are the 6-9 Chicago Bulls, who actually beat them 133-122 in the first meeting of the season. The point total is an intriguing bet once again here, after we saw 255 pts in the first meeting. Chicago’s defense has been abysmal lately, with 2 of their last 3 opponents scoring 143 and 144 points against them. They play the fastest pace in the NBA, but also have the 6th worse defensive rating, which is a formula for a lot of high scoring games. Betting the over has been very profitable in Bulls games, it has cashed 9 times in their last 13 on the road. Buckle up and prepare your popcorn, this game is going well into the 240s.

Two teams headed in opposite directions meet tonight in Phoenix as the Knicks try to win their 4th game in a row against the Suns who are on a 4-game losing streak. Injuries have taken a toll on the Suns, they’re currently without 2 of their 3 best players and unless Devin Booker has a big scoring night they are out of most games. Meanwhile, the Knicks are clicking on all cylinders, having scored 120+ pts in 3 of 4 games. New York has the 4th best offensive rating in road games this season, but they are also allowing a lot of points and rank just 24th in defensive rating. The Suns’ chances of winning depend on whether or not Devin Booker has a good scoring game. Against the Knicks he’s averaging 27 pts per game in the last 4 meetings, which could be a sign of things to come here. Neither team has impressed with their three-point defense lately, so I’ll be backing the point total to go over here. This bet has landed 4 times in the last 5 meetings and in New York’s last 6 of 8 games on the road.

Anunoby has been hitting the glass hard over hie last 10 games, averaging 6.2 rebounds per game. Even the return of center Karl-Anthony Towns hasn’t hindered his numbers, he’s cleared 5.5 rebounds in 4 of his last 5 outings.

With Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal both out, Devin Booker is the primary scoring threat for the Suns right now. He just had 44 points vs Minnesota the other night, in order for the Suns to be competitive here, he will have to come up big. The Knicks haven’t done a good job at all defending the perimeter, teams are making 39.2% of their three-point shots against them over the last 3 games.

One of the biggest flaws this Suns team has is their three-point defending. They rank just 23rd in the NBA in opponent three-point percentage (36.9%). I’m counting on KAT to exploit that, he’s at 50% efficiency from downtown in his last 10 games, while averaging exactly 3 makes per game. He’s had 4 and 3 threes in his last 2 visits to Footprint Center.

Internacional are unbeaten in their last six in all competitions, whilst Vasco da Gama are without a clean sheet in their previous three. The hosts have lost two of their last three games.