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Las Vegas +3 -103 over Pittsburgh
4:05 PM EST. 4:05 PM EST. Raiders head coach Antonio Pearce is finding out the hard way that it’s much harder to be “the man” than it is to fill in for the man on an interim basis, as his team is 2-3 after getting waffled in Denver in Week 5, 34-18. In light of that result, Pearce is making a change at quarterback, moving on from Gardner Minshew to Aidan O’Connell. Not only are the Raiders struggling on the field, but off it, star WR Davante Adams has requested a trade, and the team said they will facilitate that request, but thus far, they have not found an appropriate suitor. Adams is nursing a hamstring injury, so even if he were not leaving Las Vegas, he wouldn’t have been available.
On the other side of the field, the Steelers may have a QB controversy of their own, as Russell Wilson returned to practice this week after missing the first five games of the season with a significant calf injury. The Steelers are off to a 3-2 record, but they have lost two straight, and Justin Fields did not have a good showing last week versus the Cowboys, throwing for 131 yards in defeat. The other game the Steelers lost was as road chalk versus in Colts where they lost outright as a -2½-point favorite.
Head coach Mike Tomlin did his best “coach speak” when discussing his QB room, saying, “Until Russell gets to a point where we're comfortable with what we're looking at, we're going to continue to push forward with Justin until those things are legitimate, and then we'll make those decisions.” We don’t know what the hell that means, but we do know that Wilson is supposed to suit up as the backup this week, which means the pressure is on Fields to not get the hook because if he struggles, the leash will be short. Maybe Fields thrives with Wilson breathing down his neck or maybe he crumbles into dust. Regardless of who is going to line up under center for the Steelers, in their current form, they are not worthy of being favored in this range on the road in Sin City. Recommendation: Las Vegas +3 -103
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Las Vegas +3 +102 (Risking 2 units - To Win: 2.04)