Hiram Moreno
The NFL begins Week 5 in the regular season and the Pittsburgh Steelers are looking to escape from the basement of the North Division of the Northern Conference after starting the season with a 1-3 record, although this mission is complicated considering that their next opponent will be the Buffalo Bills, team considered by many to be the leading Super Bowl contender.
The team has three consecutive losses to start this week, with the latest being a 24-20 loss to the New York Jets in a game in which they let a ten-point lead slip away in the fourth quarter. Will they be able to reverse this situation in their next meeting? This looks complicated, and at JefeBet we show you what the sportsbooks are saying, as well as the future betting outlook compared to the previous week .
Predictions, Odds and Betting Preview for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 5 of the 2022 NFL season
Moneyline (+600 from BetMGM)
Once again the Pittsburgh Steelers will start a matchup as an underdog, and it’s no surprise, as they face what is presumably the best team in the entire NFL.
So far, two of their three games started under this label have ended in defeat, although only one of those losses was by more than three points (19-27 to Cleveland Browns).
Spread (-14 from BetMGM)
The spread for this match should serve as a measure of the quality gap between the two teams. In fact, the Steelers will begin this game with Kenny Pickett as the starter, a rookie quarterback who flashed well in Week 4 as Mitch Trubisky’s replacement.
None of the last four meetings between the two franchises may have seen the Steelers lose by more than 14 points, but this time around that’s something that could very well happen.
Over/Under (46.5 from BetMGM)
The point total allotted for this game is pretty average, but of those 46.5 points, it gives the feeling that the Steelers could manage to contribute just a third of them, while the Buffalo Bills would be the ones pushing for an over on their own.
Pittsburgh has surpassed 20 points scored in a game this season on just one occasion, and that was thanks to overtime, while Buffalo has even topped the 30-point mark twice this season.
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Pittsburgh Steelers Future Odds After Week 4
Over/Under wins in the season: Over 5.5 (+125 DraftKings) / Under 5.5 (-150 DraftKings)
Every day the sportsbooks have less and less faith that the Steelers will manage to win many games this season after what has been seen of them in the first few weeks. So much so, that again their win total has dropped on DraftKings, this time from 6.5 in Week 4 to 5.5 in this Week 5.
This will likely only continue to go downhill heading into Week 9, which is when the Pittsburgh Steelers will have their bye in this season, as after this matchup against the Bills they must face the Buccaneers, Dolphins and Eagles, all teams that are currently with a positive record, and with two of them being Super Bowl contenders.
AFC North Champions (+3000 from BetMGM)
Given the tough schedule ahead, the Steelers are without a chance in hell of winning their division barring a 180-degree turnaround overnight.
If any fans have any faith in this team, they might be happy to know that they still have four games remaining against divisional rivals, although three of them will be played starting in December, by which time Pittsburgh might already be thinking about next season.
AFC Champions (+10000 from BetMGM)
After the drop in the previous week, the Steelers’ odds to win the Conference increased from +8000 to +10000, and only two teams out of the 16 teams that make up the AFC have lower odds than them according to sportsbooks (Jets and Texans).
These odds could only increase as the next few weeks go by, so we’ll continue to keep you posted on any changes to a bet that looks lost from the get-go.
Steelers win Super Bowl (+20000 from BetMGM)
If winning the American Conference looks impossible, winning the Super Bowl is not even close, and this season will surely serve as a mere transition as the Steelers continue to wait for a good opportunity to add a seventh Super Bowl trophy to their trophy case and their first since 2009.
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