Steelers host Titans in NFL opener
The Sports Betting world changes dramatically tonight as the 2009 National Football League season kicks off in Pittsburgh.
The Super Bowl champion Steelers host the Tennessee Titans in the NFL season opener (8:30 pm ET, NBC).
Legends Sportsbook has the Steelers as 6-point favorites and the over/under total at 35 in NFL Betting Odds.
Last February, the Steelers won their NFL-record sixth Super Bowl title, beating the Arizona Cardinals 27-23.
The Titans were one team Pittsburgh didn’t beat last season, as Tennessee slammed the Steelers 31-14 as 3-point home underdogs on Dec. 21, the Steelers’ most-lopsided loss of the season. The victory secured the No. 1 seed in the AFC for the Titans (13-3 SU, 12-3-1 ATS last season), above the second-place Steelers (12-4 SU, 9-7 ATS).
And that fact – along with the trash-talking that accompanied the defeat – should give QB Ben Roethlisberger and his Steelers plenty of motivation tonight.
When last December’s game was pretty much out of reach, Titans’ running back LenDale White stomped all over the Steelers’ “Terrible Towel” on the sideline.
The Steelers did not get an opportunity to avenge the loss, or White’s towel stomp, as the Titans were knocked out of the postseason by the Ravens (13-10) in a Divisional Round game last Jan. 10th.
Over the past 10 head-to-head, the Titans have dominated the Steelers straight up, going 7-3 SU, but Pittsburgh has covered the spread in six of those games (6-4 ATS).
Another trend that should be of particular importance to over/under bettors is eight of the past 10 tilts have gone over the total (8-2 OU).
Check out Legends for a full list of NFL Lines for Week 1 games.
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