Football Pick in Tennessee Titans against the Pittsburgh Steelers

As we prepare for the Steelers game tonight with the Tennessee Titans I will admit that I have not had the chance to see any of the Steelers games completely, but from what I have seen of replays and partial games I caught after the fact, in my opinion Pittsburgh has an edge over the Titans.

Ben Roethlisberger QB and team have been very effective this year with 3rd down conversions. Also Roethlisberger is just over 1000 yards for the season so he is on course to match his total yards from last year so consistency is on his side. One stat he wouldn’t want to match from last year is his interceptions since he threw 14 last year. Currently he has only thrown one this year, which is not bad at all for a 2-2 team.

Tennessee has not been doing very well this year, neither on the ground or in the air. With the injury last week to Jake Locker’s shoulder he is out for today so the ball will be in the hands of Matt Hasselbeck for Tennessee.

Defensively I just don’t think the Titans can muster up enough of what it will take to keep Roethlisberger from getting the ball to his receivers and pass rushers. He has shown to do ok against the pass rush and his accuracy on the move has been pretty good as shown by the Steelers’ 3rd down conversion numbers.

If he can make the completions tonight, and they are able to convert on those 3rd downs when they need to, I see them putting the Titans down. I will pick Pittsburgh over Tennessee by 14.