Detroit Lions vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Odds
| Lions Odds | +6.5 (-115) |
| Steelers Odds | -6.5 (-105) |
| Over/Under | 39.5 (o -115 / u -105) |
| Time | 4:30 p.m. ET |
| TV | CBS |
| Odds via FanDuel. Get up-to-the-minute NFL odds here. | |
This preseason game won’t get a ton of eyeballs, but that’s good news for you, the reader.
Games of little to no magnitude with a high degree of sharp and big moneyed bettors means there’s value to discern for you.
For this matchup in particular, smart bettors are riding heavily on one side of the spread.
Fading the retail bettors and their sensibilities is the way to make positive expected value in the long run — and this game is no exception.
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Lions vs. Steelers Smart Money, Sharp, Big Money Action
The smart money is all over the Steelers for this contest.
Roughly 81% of the smart money bettors hammered the Steelers’ spread at roughly -6. The best price on the market is with Caesars at -6 (-110).
The retail bettors love the Lions for this one, and it might be because of the Hard Knocks effect, which has substantially goosed the amount of bets the Lions have taken over the last month.
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The Lions are now the biggest liability at BetMGM to win the NFC, where they have mind-boggling odds at +5000, down from a high of +8000, when the public started to hammer them.
Detroit are also the second-most popular team to win their division, only behind the Eagles (+160) in the NFC East. The Lions at +850 to win the NFC North has the second-most tickets in the divisional marketplace. The Lions haven’t won their division since 1993.
Call it the Hard Knocks effect.
For tonight — and perhaps the rest of the season — fade those sensibilities.
Smart Money Pick: Steelers -6 (-110) or better
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