Finally the NFL season begins today and we're all obviously very excited that we can watch football the whole Sunday once again! As usual, my first play of the regular season is free! No charge at all! I'll also use this moment to personally wish all of you a very profitable NFL season!

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TENNESSEE       PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh will be the host of the opening game of the season and although they are carrying all the hype and momentum from the last Superbowl, winning this game won't be a mere walkthrough game for the Champs.

In fact the Titans are probably one of the worst matchups for the Steelers regardless the scenario in which the game will be played. Last season the Steelers were always in trouble when facing the best defensive teams of the league. Looking for the 7 best defensive teams of last season, the Steelers faced the Ravens twice, Eagles, Redskins, Giants and the Titans. In those 6 games, the Steelers have won just 3 of them and the ATS record was 2-4. The biggest reason for the struggles was the fact that the Steelers had a mere average Offensive line. They allowed a whopping 46 sacks during the regular season!  In those 6 games, Ben Roethlisberger was sacked 29 times! Naturally that the Steelers struggled on the offense and I expect the same to happen tonight, as not only they didn?t make any substantial upgrade in their Offensive Line, but also the Titans with head coach Jeff Fisher will once again be a top defensive team this season.

The Titans lost during the offseason pro-bowl defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth and even though he is a top caliber defensive player, the Titans have a good system and his loss won't be as devastating, as the media is having you believe it is. Just look at the game between these two teams last season: the Titans defeated the Steelers 31-14, with Ben Roethlisberger being sacked 5 times and picked off 2 times and Haynesworth DID NOT play that game! The Steelers struggled to run last season, as Willie Parker was banged up all the time and apparently this problem won't disappear soon, as a hamstring injury limited Parker to just four carries during the preseason.

Obviously the Steelers had last season the best defense of the league and this season it won't be different, as they will once again be in the top. We watched some huge Interceptions made by them last season, which were returned with Touchdowns, but against the Titans, it's hard to believe that will happen. Not only they have one of the best Offensive Lines of the league, as last season they were sacked just 12 times (second best in the league), but also they run a very conservative offensive system. QB Kerry Colins was picked off only 7 times last season and they are a run oriented team with the dynamic RB's duo of Chris Johnson and LenDale White and so, I expect the Titans to run the football avoiding any possible big play dropdown.

I predict this game to be a Field Goal parade fest, as with such good defensive teams on the field, both teams will have problems in moving the ball. My real line for this game is just the home court advantage for the Steelers plus one or two points. With us having the Titans with a +6.5 points line, this give us some great value and that's why I'm taking the Titans tonight.

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