Monday, May 21st, 2012
Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers will travel to the Mile High city when they battle Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos in an NFL pro football game on Sunday afternoon from the AFC wildcard playoffs.
Kick off time from Denver is scheduled for 4:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS.
The betting odds came out with the road team Pittsburgh Steelers favored by -8 ½ points with an over under of 35 ½ points.
Money early has shown on the side of the road club as the Steelers are now favored by -9 points.
The over under has moved down to 34 ½ points
Pittsburgh Steelers money line supporters will lay -400 odds with the home underdog Denver Broncos bringing back +310 odds to earn the upset win with no need for taking the points.
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Denver Broncos will meet on Sunday for the first time since the 2009 regular season where the Steelers earned the 28-10 road win as a -3 point betting favorite.
The total came in at under the number of 41 points.
Ben Roethlisberger enjoyed a solid game passing for 233 yards with three touchdowns and one pick.
The Steelers crushed Denver on the ground by piling up 173 yards on 29 carries.
Pittsburgh shut down the Denver run game by giving up just 27 rushing yards on 14 runs from scrimmage.
The Pittsburgh Steelers travel to Denver with a record of 12-4 on the season. The club is 5-3 on the road.
The Steelers put up 20 points with 372 yards per game with 118 coming from their run game for 4.4 yards a carry.
Defensively the team gives up just 14 points and 271 yards a game. Opponents rush for 99 yards against them for 4 yards per rush against average.
The team has won six of their past seven games.
They are coming off the 13-9 road victory to the Cleveland Browns as a -7 point favorite.
The over under came in at under the total of 33 points.
The Steelers played their starters because they still had hope to secure the AFC north crown and a bye in the playoffs had Baltimore lost to Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh gained 360 yards of offense with 161 from their ground attack on 36 runs from scrimmage.
They allowed two sacks and scored just one touchdown in four red zone opportunities.
The Steelers committed two turnovers and took one away from Cleveland.
Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger completed 23 of 40 passes for 221 yards.
Isaac Redman ran for 92 yards on 19 carries with a rushing touchdown.
Rashard Mendenhall on eight rushes ran for 38 yards. Mendenhall tore his ACL on his knee and will be out for the rest of the playoffs.
Antonio Brown led the Steelers with six receptions for 90 yards.
Jerricho Cothery had three catches for 28 yards.
Hines Ward grabbed five balls for 24 yards.
Pittsburgh allowed Cleveland 240 yards of offense with 72 coming from their ground game on 15 rushes.
They had two sacks and did not give up a Cleveland touchdown in their lone try inside the red zone.
The Steelers are the fifth seed in the playoffs.
Should Pittsburgh defeat the Broncos they will play at New England in the AFC divisional round should Houston defeat Cincinnati.
With a Cincinnati upset win against the Texans then the Steelers will travel to Baltimore for the AFC divisional round of the playoffs.
The Denver Broncos will host Pittsburgh with an 8-8 record on the year. The club is 3-5 at home.
The Broncos put up 19 points and 316 yards a game with 164 from their run game for 4.8 yards a carry.
Defensively Denver allows 24 points and 357 yards per game. Opponents rush for 126 yards against them for 4.1 yards per rush against average.
The Broncos back into the playoffs off three straight losses. They were fortunate that the Raiders dropped a game to San Diego or else the Broncos would have been eliminated.
Denver is coming off the lackluster 7-3 home defeat last week to the Kansas City Chiefs as a -1 point betting favorite.
The over under came in at under the total of 37 points.
The Broncos gained 266 yards of offense with 216 yards rushing on 47 runs from scrimmage.
The team allowed two sacks and had no touchdowns in two red zone drives.
Denver committed two turnovers and took one away from the Chiefs.
Quarterback Tim Tebow completed 6 of 22 passes for 60 yards and an interception. Tebow had six runs for 16 yards.
Willis McGahee ran for 145 yards on 28 rushes.
Lance Ball got nine rushes and had 24 yards
Demaryius Thomas led Denver with three receptions for 34 yards.
Daniel Fells had a 14 yards pass reception.
The Broncos allowed Kansas City 281 yards of offense with 106 yards rushing on 30 rushes.
Denver had one sack and did not allow the Chiefs into the red zone.
With a Denver win they would head into the AFC divisional round of the playoffs.
The team is the fourth seed in the AFC.
With a win on Sunday and a Houston Texan win against the Cincinnati Bengals then the Broncos would travel to New England.
A win by the Broncos and a Cincinnati upset win of Houston and the Broncos would travel to Baltimore for the AFC divisional round.
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