Analysis: I'll go ahead and play the Ravens ML small. I thought about teasing the Steelers, which is probably good, too, but to what? It'd have to be La Tech, and I'm not sure about that. Or something later in the week, and I just don't want to do that. Everyone backing the Steelers because of the Rice thing, but IMO Rice hadn't been all that the last year-plus anyway. The Steelers have two rookies in the defensive front seven (Tuitt and Shazier) and obviously boned a huge lead at home last week. The Ravens probably couldn't have played much worse, but they played what I think is an under rated Bengals team and I'm still pissed I let the noise on that game talk me out of a winner. However, the Ravens now have STEVE Smith to go w/Torrey Smith, so I think they'll be better each week. They've still got Pita as the TE so there's anough threats to keep the Pittsburgh secondary busy. Bernard Pierce is certainly capable, and although Mosely is a rookie, I love the kid and he's from Alabama. Those kids know what the big stage is like already. I simply think the conventional wisdom "fade the Ravens" talk may be premature. Not sure Baltimore is a real contender, but let's not write them off, at home, against a division rival, on a stand-alone game. Because you guys know I don't do a ton of MNF/TNF games, I will bet it smaller, but IMO it's as solid as and 2* play, I just don't feel like laying -140 but don't want to lay points, either. Could well, as most games are, be decided very late. And if it is, I like Justin Tucker better than Shuisam. That is all.
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