Pittsburgh at New England

It was a nightmare of an offseason for Pittsburgh losing a pair of star players, plus a nightmare of an opener in heading to New England, a team that has had their number during the Brady/Belichick era. Coach Mike Tomin is 3-7 straight-up against the Pats and the Steelers are 5-13 ATS the last 18 meetings. New England will raise a Super Bowl banner, so the atmosphere for the home team will be electric. The Patriots won't focus on running against the strong Pittsburgh D-line, but will attack the linebackers and suspect secondary with their receivers and running backs out of the backfield while looking for mismatches, which Brady is so good at doing. And the defense is strong everywhere, as evidenced by their impressive playoff run. The Patriots are on a 40-17 ATS run, 39-16-2 ATS at home, and 27-12 ATS versus the AFC. Lay the points and play the Patriots.