It is Thanksgiving Day and according to the oddsmakers the Pittsburgh Steelers are getting ready to feast on the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday Night Football as heavy nine-point road favorites. Both teams are 5-5 on the year and Pittsburgh needed a win last Sunday against the winless Cleveland Browns to snap a four-game skid both straight-up and against the spread. The reason for such a large spread is that the Colts are out of luck in this matchup. Actually, they will not have their All-Pro quarterback Andrew Luck in the lineup as he continues to recover from a concussion he sustained in Indianapolis's win against Tennessee last Sunday.
The Steelers opened as 2.5-point road favorites before Luck was diagnosed with a head injury. They moved to seven-point favorites when he was listed as doubtful and now that he is definitely "out" for Thursday night the current spread has jumped to nine points with BetAnySports. That is quite a few points to give up on the road for any NFL matchup, but the Colts were not a very good team even with Luck under center and now that they have to go with Scott Tolzien as their quarterback things could get ugly fast in the backend of a Thanksgiving Day NFL triple-header.
The following link is my complete preview and official "best bet" pick for this game on SportsBettingStats.com
LINK: PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS ODDS - ATS PICK
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