The Pittsburgh Steelers have covered the spread in four straight victories and I think they will make light work of the Carolina Panthers Thursday night.

The Panthers have won three in a row but own a losing record on the road this season and are just 1-4 ATS in their last five Thursday games while Pittsburgh is 3-0-1 ATS in its last four Thursday night showdowns.

Carolina is deadly on the ground putting up at least 118 yards in all but one game this year but here it'll run into a Pittsburgh rush defense which is among the best in the league, giving up just 90.3 ypg. Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger is having another big season and Pittsburgh ranks 4th in the NFL with 313.6 passing yards per game.

8* play on Pittsburgh Steelers.