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Panthers Steelers Spread Pick
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Both the Carolina Panthers and Pittsburgh Steelers are wrapping up their preseason play on Thursday night. The Carolina Panthers, out of the NFC South have had to deal with several injuries during preseason play, especially their top receiver Kelvin Benjamin. The Panthers are the defending NFC South champions, but went sub .500 a season ago.
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For Pittsburgh, it’s their fifth and final preseason game of the summer. Pittsburgh is 1-3, and have the worst preseason record in the AFC North. The Steelers are set to open up their regular season action on September 10th against the New England Patriots, while the Carolina Panthers will open up September 13th, as they are at the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Pittsburgh Steelers are a single point favorite at home over Carolina in this one, let’s take a look at our Panthers vs. Steelers pick.
Carolina Looking to Repeat as Divisional Champions
The Carolina Panthers are looking to defend their NFC South title from a season ago. Despite finishing under .500, at 7-8-1, the Panthers went to the postseason, and even won a game. The Panthers lost Kelvin Benjamin, their top receiver over the summer, so Carolina will look to replace his quality production. Ted Ginn Jr is the top candidate to assist, while Corey Brown and tight end Greg Olsen are options as well. The running back duo for Carolina features Jonathan Stewart. Fozzy Whittaker and rookie Cameron Artis-Payne. The Panthers are looking to get off to a good start in the regular season; as they start at the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Steelers One Week away from Regular Season Opener
The Pittsburgh Steelers play the first game of the 2015 season. Pittsburgh will open up a week from Thursday at the New England Patriots. The Steelers will be without their top running back Le’Veon Bell in this game. The Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown combination seems to be the most popular pick in all of the NFL. Brown will be accompanied by Markus Wheaton and tight end Heath Miller. To replace Bell early in the season, Pittsburgh has a depth chart that includes DeAngelo Williams, Dri Archer and Josh Harris. The Steelers get an extra exhibition game because they played in the first preseason game, which was the Hall of Fame Game. Pittsburgh’s lone preseason win was over the Green Bay Packers.
Panthers vs Steelers Pick: Pittsburgh Steelers -1
It’s time to give you our Panthers vs. Steelers pick for Thursday night. Pittsburgh comes into the game 2-2 against the spread during the preseason. Last year, Pittsburgh won 9 of 16 against the spread. The Steelers went over 9 out of 16 times on the season. This preseason, the Steelers have split their four games against the spread, and also split the four totals as well. The Carolina Panthers went 8-8 a season ago against the spread. All three of Carolina’s preseason games have been decided by 1 point. In this one, we like the Pittsburgh defense to show some good things and lead the Steelers to a win. Our final Panthers vs. Steelers pick is the Pittsburgh Steelers -1.
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