Steelers vs. Falcons Free Pick
(NFL) Pittsburgh vs. Atlanta, 12/14/2014 8:00 AM, Score: 27 - 20
Total: 54.50 | -107.00 Under
Result: Loss
This is a Free #NFL play on PIT@ATL to go OVER the total.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are an offensive juggernaut, and one of the NFL's highest scoring teams. They rank 2nd overall in passing yards, and last week they piled up 42 points in a win on the road at Cincy. Big Ben and the Steelers will be in Atlanta on Sunday, taking on the Falcons in the dome. We saw the Falcons in action on Monday Night Football, and we have to give them full marks for making that game interesting.

Green Bay's punter didn't get much face time though, as Atlanta's woeful defense wasn't able to stop a single Packers scoring drive. The Falcons rank dead last in the NFL against the pass, allowing opponents to average 287 passing yards per game. That's a scary thought facing a Pittsburgh QB that has twice this season thrown six TDs in a single game.

Matt Ryan and Julio Jones are really in the zone right now, and Ryan threw for 375 yards and four TDs against Green Bay. He threw for 361 yards and a pair of TDs the week prior at home against the Arizona Cardinals. Jones has accounted for 448 of those yards and two of those TDs against Green Bay and Arizona.

Pittsburgh's last trip to Atlanta was back in 2006, and that game was a real shootout, with the Falcons winning 41-38. The Falcons have seen the total go over in 11 of their last 16 home games, while the Steelers have seen the total go over in six of their last seven overall.

This game should be a real offensive slugfest.

Take OVER.

GL,

Jesse Schule