{"id":17187,"date":"2009-12-23T13:09:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T18:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=17187"},"modified":"2009-12-23T13:09:24","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T18:09:24","slug":"week-16-nfl-matchups-lines-preview-231209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/sportsbooks\/week-16-nfl-matchups-lines-preview-231209\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 16 Betting Lines \u2013 Week 16 Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steelers hope for d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu and playoff spot<\/h2>\n

The Pittsburgh Steelers are hoping history will repeat itself as the final two weeks of the NFL season are played out.<\/p>\n

Twenty years ago, the Steelers needed to win their last three regular-season games and have their AFC rivals falter to make the playoffs. And that\u2019s exactly what they need to happen this season.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR WEEK 16 CAPPERS PICKS FROM THE TOP NFL EXPERTS ONLINE —–><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The defending Super Bowl champions will continue their drive for the postseason when they host AFC North rival Baltimore Ravens in a huge game for both teams on Sunday (1 pm ET, CBS).<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh is a 2.5-point favorite and the over\/under is 41 in NFL Betting at betED.com.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Just like in 1989, when they won their final three games and made it to the second round of the NFL Playoffs, the Steelers are happy to just have a shot at the postseason.<\/p>\n

The Ravens, after a win against the Chicago Bears on Sunday, are second in the AFC North and in a solid position for an AFC Wild Card spot.<\/p>\n

Baltimore is 8-6 SU and ATS and Pittsburgh is 7-7 SU and 4-10 ATS.<\/p>\n

Both teams are 5-5 straight up in the past 10 head-to-head matchups, but the Ravens have a slight edge against the spread at 6-4 ATS. Baltimore does not do well against the Steelers in Pittsburgh, going 1-8 SU in the past nine visits.<\/p>\n

Although both teams are known for defense, Steelers-Ravens matchups tend to be high-scoring, as the total has gone over in six of the past seven meetings overall, and in all five of the past five meetings in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

This will be the second meeting of the season. The Ravens won 20-17 but failed to cover as 7.5-point home favorites on Nov. 29.<\/p>\n

But the clash from the past both teams will have on their mind is last year\u2019s AFC Championship, won 23-14 by the Steelers as 6-point home favorites. Pittsburgh went on to win its NFL-record sixth Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

Check out NFL Lines for all the Week 16 games.<\/h4>\n

FRIDAY DECEMBER 25, 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

San Diego Chargers vs. Tennessee Titans<\/p>\n

SUNDAY DECEMBER 27, 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

Buffalo Bills vs. Atlanta Falcons
\nSeattle Seahawks vs. Green Bay Packers
\nJacksonville Jaguars vs. New England Patriots
\nCarolina Panthers vs. New York Giants
\nBaltimore Ravens vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
\nTampa Bay Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints
\nHouston Texans vs. Miami Dolphins
\nOakland Raiders vs. Cleveland Browns
\nKansas City Chiefs vs. Cincinnati Bengals
\nSt. Louis Rams vs. Arizona Cardinals
\nDetroit Lions vs. San Francisco 49ers
\nDenver Broncos vs. Philadelphia Eagles
\nNew York Jets vs. Indianapolis Colts
\nDallas Cowboys vs. Washington Redskins<\/p>\n

MONDAY DECEMBER 28, 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears<\/p>\n

Click here NOW to check out betED.com for tons of WEEK 16 NFL Betting options.<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beted weighs in with their look at the Week 16 nfl betting matchups. The best betting matchup sees the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers make their drive for the postseason when they host AFC North rival Baltimore Ravens in a huge game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[21545,159,1376,66502,802,840,868,17031,6627,6647,21546,21547,6920,21548,21549,21550],"class_list":["post-17187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sportsbooks","tag-bet-the-nfl-week-16-matchups","tag-beted","tag-beted-sportsbook","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-betting","tag-nfl-odds","tag-nfl-sportsbook","tag-nfl-sportsbook-online","tag-nfl-week-16","tag-nfl-week-16-lines","tag-nfl-week-16-matchups","tag-week-16-betting","tag-week-16-nfl-preview","tag-week-16-nfl-schedule","tag-week-16-preview","tag-week-16-season"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17187"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17475,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17187\/revisions\/17475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}