Pittsburgh at Las Vegas

The Pittsburgh Steelers appear to be a team in decline with their 2-4 record on the season. The good news is that they have won their last two after an 0-4 start. Oakland is again being Oakland. They have not had a winning season in years, and seem to be on their way to another losing campaign, also at 2-4. The surprise here is that Pittsburgh is one of four teams in the NFL that has been better than their opponents averages on both sides of the ball from the line of scrimmage. Despite not a lot of points to show for it, the Steelers have out-gained their opponents' defenses at 5.8 yards per play against teams that combine to average allowing 5.5. They have had two weeks to work things out, and I think they score considerably more here against a Raiders team that has given up 21+ in four of their six games. A 9 point performance against the lowly Jaguars has skewed the results as Oakland's defense is not that good. The Steelers have gone 21-8 to the OVER when following a game in which they had a dreadful passing attack of less than 150 yards. Under Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh is 22-12 OVER as a road favorite. This game goes OVER the total.