A long Thanksgiving weekend of football wraps up on Monday when the Steelers (3-7) visit the Colts (4-6). Obviously the postseason hopes for both of these sub .500 teams are on life support, but a win on Monday night at least leaves a faint hope for a second half turnaround. Indianapolis is a slight -2.5 favorite but Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin is well versed in primetime games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pittsburgh’s offense looked solid last week, putting up a season high 30 points. Unfortunately their defense had it’s worst performance of the season in a 37-30 loss to the Bengals. Steelers rookie QB Kenny Pickett <\/strong>threw for the second most yards in his career (265) while Najee Harris<\/strong> had a couple rushing TDs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Bengals have a good offense, but they were also missing WR Ja’Marr Chase <\/strong>and lost RB Joe Mixon<\/strong> during the game<\/a> so the Steelers allowing 37 points has to be considered a disappointment. Three of Pittsburgh’s last six opponents have scored 35+, but once again the other two were Super Bowl contenders in Philadelphia (35-13) and Buffalo (38-3). The Colts are not Super Bowl contenders – at this point anyways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n