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The Steelers-Browns Week 1 game could be influenced by some wild weather
The potentially extreme weather has already had an effect on betting markets
1h ago
As of this writing, we are a little more than 24 hours away from the start of the early games on the first Sunday of the 2018 NFL season. The early-afternoon slate kicks off with eight games, including a high-profile AFC North matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns in Week 1: Picks, how to watch and stream on NFL Sunday(America's most-watched network!).
The major storyline going into the Steelers-Browns game has been the absence of Le'Veon Bell, who still has yet to report to the team after being franchise-tagged this offseason. But there's another story looming: the weather.
Check out this weather alert, found by Dustin Fox of The Athletic:
View: https://twitter.com/dustinfox37/status/1038138761186607104?s=21
NFL Network's Aditi Kinkhabwala echoed those weather concerns on Saturday morning, while giving an update on Bell:
View: https://twitter.com/akinkhabwala/status/1038438630317015040?s=21
The betting public has taken notice of the disaster potential in the weather department.
The over/under for the Steelers-Browns game started at 48 points back in April but it has dropped all the way down to 41 as of Saturday morning. As Under bets poured in, the total dropped a point on September 3, another point on September 5, a half-point on September 6 and from 44 to 41.5 in around six hours on September 7. Clearly, much of the smart money is rolling in on the Under as bettors attempt to take advantage of the potentially extreme weather conditions for the game.
The Steelers remain strong favorites despite both the absence of Bell, who will be replaced by backup James Conner, and the weather forecast. Their expected margin of victory has decreased from the opening line of -7 to just -4.5, however.
The Steelers-Browns Week 1 game could be influenced by some wild weather
The potentially extreme weather has already had an effect on betting markets
1h ago
As of this writing, we are a little more than 24 hours away from the start of the early games on the first Sunday of the 2018 NFL season. The early-afternoon slate kicks off with eight games, including a high-profile AFC North matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns in Week 1: Picks, how to watch and stream on NFL Sunday(America's most-watched network!).
The major storyline going into the Steelers-Browns game has been the absence of Le'Veon Bell, who still has yet to report to the team after being franchise-tagged this offseason. But there's another story looming: the weather.
Check out this weather alert, found by Dustin Fox of The Athletic:
View: https://twitter.com/dustinfox37/status/1038138761186607104?s=21
NFL Network's Aditi Kinkhabwala echoed those weather concerns on Saturday morning, while giving an update on Bell:
View: https://twitter.com/akinkhabwala/status/1038438630317015040?s=21
The betting public has taken notice of the disaster potential in the weather department.
The over/under for the Steelers-Browns game started at 48 points back in April but it has dropped all the way down to 41 as of Saturday morning. As Under bets poured in, the total dropped a point on September 3, another point on September 5, a half-point on September 6 and from 44 to 41.5 in around six hours on September 7. Clearly, much of the smart money is rolling in on the Under as bettors attempt to take advantage of the potentially extreme weather conditions for the game.
The Steelers remain strong favorites despite both the absence of Bell, who will be replaced by backup James Conner, and the weather forecast. Their expected margin of victory has decreased from the opening line of -7 to just -4.5, however.
