2005 Pittsburgh Steelers NFL Handicapping Review
By Tom Wilkinson
Not much was expected from the 2004 Pittsburgh Steelers,
certainly not the incredible and unbelievable 15-1 season
that they ended up having because a rookie quarterback was
forced to take the reigns early in the season after the
starter was injured.
The Steelers won their first game at home against Oakland
and then lost at Baltimore in week two, losing both games
against the sports betting odds. Rookie Ben Roethlisberger
was forced to take over at quarterback and the rest was yet
another blind-side hurled against most of the sports betting
players wagering on their pro football picks at online
sports betting websites and sportsbooks.
Starting with an ugly 13-3 win at Miami the Steelers went
undefeated straight up for the rest of the regular season
and would win seven straight against the sports betting
odds. By the time they entered Cincinnati to face the
Bengals On November 21, the “word” was out among sports
betting players both at online sports betting blogs and
casino sportsbooks and Pittsburgh’s value was depleted
against the sports betting odds as “everyone” wanted a piece
of Roethlisberger and the Steelers.
Pittsburgh would beat the sports betting odds in just three
of their final seven regular season games as the prices were
adjusted by the sports betting odds makers to counteract
public demand. This is a classic example of when the general
ignorant public, who wanted nothing to do with the Steelers
on their football picks the first few weeks that
Roethlisberger started, jumping on a bandwagon and throwing
the value of a team against the sports betting odds
completely out of whack.
Many wiser sports betting players, in fact, posted blogs at
online sports betting chat boards before that Cincinnati
game stating that they felt it was time to get off
Pittsburgh, as they saw no value in laying five points at
Cincinnati. Other sports betting players went with the old
sports gambling rule which states that you can only lose to
the sports betting odds ONCE when betting ON a streak, so
many stuck it out and got the push against the online sports
betting boards in that Steelers win at Cincinnati, before
Pittsburgh finally failed to beat the spread the next week
in their 16-7 win at home over Washington as 10-point
chalks. By that time, Pittsburgh offered no value and the
pros went elsewhere for sports betting value.
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