This game will come down to which defense can you trust. The Steelers are a young group that's playing very good team defense at the most important time of the year. Do we really know how good the New England defense is? The Pats have allowed the fewest points in the league per game at 15.6. Sure looks like a defensive powerhouse, in an NFL era of scoring right. In the regular season 7 of the Pats 17 games vs the 5 worst offenses in the league (41.1% of their entire schedule) They had 10 of their 17 games vs the bottom 1/3 of all offenses or 58.8% of their schedule They had 13 of their 17 games vs the bottom 50% of all offenses or 76.4% of their schedule. They faced just 1 team in the top 9, and that was week 1, so in their last 16 games, they have not faced an offense inside the top 10 in points scored per game. They played 5 games with a team that did not have their starting QB, including their game vs Pittsburgh. Pitt should be able to run the ball in this game. The Steelers team are healthy again at the skill positions and come into this game having won 9 straight games! Pittsburgh's defense has been phenomenal in their last 6 road games as they've allowed 310 yards or less in all 6 games. Pittsburgh has faced the tougher strength of schedule this season and the Patriots are in for a war in this one. I do expect the Steelers to win this one outright but I will, of course, grab the points and hopefully the cash after this one is over. Take PITTSBURGH.