Headline: Battered Steelers Host Rival Ravens for AFC North Supremacy<\/strong><\/p>\n One of the more anticipated Week 11 matchups has been significantly watered down with the news that Ben Roethlisberger is highly doubtful to play after sustaining a separated shoulder on Monday night. <\/p>\n Sunday Night Football<\/strong> ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | Gambling Insight!<\/a> | Buy Ray’s Picks!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Still \u2013 you have to play the games and Pittsburgh knows that they can reach the improbable top of the AFC North heap with a win on Sunday. The issue? Byron Leftwich \u2013 nuff said!<\/p>\n All of the talk heading into Sunday night\u2019s game will be about the injuries on the Steelers side of the ball but the Ravens aren\u2019t without their banged up players, namely Ray Lewis who has anchored a defense that has been torched without him in the lineup. <\/p>\n The Raves are an uncharacteristic 26th in the NFL against the run and versus the pass \u2013 the defense is the real weakness on this team!<\/p>\n Baltimore\u2019s offense likely won\u2019t have to do much on Sunday. They are an average lot \u2013 surprising considering the talent on this team! The Ravens have the 13th best passing game in the NFL and the 20th ranked running game despite Ray Rice being one of the most special players in the game. Baltimore is talented on offense albeit a tad underwhelming. But the most important factor and the determining one ahead of this game is that they are healthy!<\/p>\n The Pittsburgh Steelers likely lost the one player that they cannot do without on Sunday. Let\u2019s face it Byron Leftwich is no Ben Roethlisberger! Hopes are that Rashard Mendenhall can return to action and provide a little stability to an offense that will surely be reeling.<\/p>\n The Steelers enter Sunday\u2019s clash with the 11th ranked passing game but you can throw those stats out the window with Leftwich at the helm. This team will have to become one dimensional \u2013 the 21st ranked running game will have to be the stars! But even the running game could be in some trouble with the lack of any sort of threat from Pittsburgh\u2019s passing game.[soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n Pittsburgh\u2019s defense has been typically strong \u2013 this unit may provide the only chance of winning for the Steelers on Sunday. They are #1 versus the pass and #6 against the run although Jamaal Charles exposed them a tad on Monday night. The one issue with Pittsburgh\u2019s defense is their inability to create turnovers although it was ultimately the difference Monday night.<\/p>\n Betting Prediction<\/strong>:<\/p>\n \u2022 Baltimore is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games If you jumped on this game early you would have seen the Steelers were favored by 4 1\/2!!! The line may go higher even yet so if you are on the Ravens which I am, act fast! For the Steelers to win this game, they would have needed ALL hands on deck. With the barrage of injuries it just seems unfair \u2013 I feel for you Steelers fans having to watch Mr. Leftwich guide your team.<\/p>\n Pick:<\/strong> Baltimore Ravens -3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Baltimore vs Pittsburgh Betting Headline: Battered Steelers Host Rival Ravens for AFC North Supremacy One of the more anticipated Week 11 matchups has been significantly watered down with the news that Ben Roethlisberger is highly doubtful to play after sustaining a separated shoulder on Monday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":29931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2833,2641,8518,463,802,830,856,4528,1795,57079,2642,57080,57081,1528,1209],"class_list":["post-57435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-baltimore","tag-baltimore-ravens-vs-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-baltimore-vs-pittsburgh","tag-free-nfl-picks","tag-nfl-betting","tag-nfl-handicapping","tag-nfl-predictions","tag-nfl-week-11-odds","tag-pittsburgh","tag-ravens-steelers-line","tag-ravens-vs-steelers","tag-ravens-vs-steelers-odds","tag-ravens-vs-steelers-point-spread","tag-snf","tag-sunday-night-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57435","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57435"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57447,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57435\/revisions\/57447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBaltimore Ravens (7-2) vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (6-3)<\/strong>
\n Date\/Time: Sunday, November 18, 8:20 PM ET<\/strong>
\n Venue: Heinz Field<\/strong>
\n Broadcast: NBC<\/strong>
\n Ravens vs. Steelers Betting Lines from SportsBettingOnline.ag<\/a><\/strong>
\n Spread: Ravens -3 (-110)<\/strong>
\n Moneyline: Ravens -165: Steelers +145<\/strong>
\n Over\/Under: 41 points<\/strong><\/p>\nCLICK GRAB OUR BEST Expert NFL Picks for 2012 FOOTBALL GAMBLING season!<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
\n\u2022 The total has gone OVER in 7 of Baltimore’s last 9 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
\n\u2022 The total has gone OVER in 9 of Baltimore’s last 13 games when playing Pittsburgh
\n\u2022 Baltimore is 3-5-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Pittsburgh
\n\u2022 Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
\n\u2022 The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 5 games at home
\n\u2022 Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
\n\u2022 The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 games<\/p>\n