Will the Favorite New York Giants make the point spread against the Pittsburgh Steelers?

As of today the Giants are 3 point favorites over the Steelers at Bet Online Sportsbook. William Hill has them at 3.5 points.

The Steelers defense will be going after Eli Manning, quarterback for the Giants, from the very beginning of the game and will keep up this pressure throughout the game as much as possible.

Will they get a sack? Maybe, but keep in mind that he is the least sacked quarterback in the League so far this year.

On the offensive side Pittsburgh will be looking to strike with their passing game early. This is very important to them since their running game really needs improvement. And besides the rushing yards that Roethlisberger will get I do not think that they will be able to get much of a running game going on and will have to rely on their passing game.

Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has a good arm and in fact both he and Eli Manning were drafted the same day a few rounds apart so this game is a bit of a personal rivalry between the two. I think though that the Giants defense will do a good job in the secondary and will limit the choices Roethlisberger has in open receivers.

The Giants have a bit of momentum heading in to this game as they have won the last 4 games where as Pittsburgh has won 3 of their last 4.

I think the toughest part of the gfame that will be the deciding factors in today’s game will be how well the Steelers can defend the secondary. They will have to work to keep Manning receievers busy but may have an uphill battle since they do not play much man-to-man coverage and play more zone coverage which gives the receivers more opportunity to get free of defenders. It did work well for them against the Redskins last week but I don’t see it happening today.

To answer the question at the top, yes I think they will beat the spread actually. In fact I will extend that spread a bit and pick the Giants by 5.

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