#276 ASA NFL PLAY ON 8* Pittsburgh -6.5 over Las Vegas, Sunday at 1 PM ET - As far as situations go, the Raiders are probably in the worst spot in the NFL this week. They played a highly emotional game on Monday night in their season opener vs the Ravens. The new Allegiant Stadium in Vegas had fans for the first time ever in a regular season game and the Raiders pulled out a come from behind win in OT. It was an exhausting game to watch and we can’t imagine how Vegas can be at the top of their game here, on a short week, in an early game on the east coast. Not much was said about Pittsburgh entering the season as the Ravens & Browns were all the AFC North talk. Let’s not forget Pittsburgh was 12-4 and won the division last year with one of the best defenses in the NFL. That defense held a potent Buffalo offense to just 16 points in a road win last week. We expect the Pitt offense to perform well early in the season with QB Roethlisberger is healthy and rested. As the season wears on that may not be the case but for now, with the addition of 1st round RB Harris from Alabama, the offense should be fine. That’s all they’ll need with the dominant defense they have in the Steel City. Las Vegas, on the other hand, has a terrible defense. Last year they finished 30th in scoring defense allowing 30 PPG and 26th in defensive efficiency giving up 6 YPP. Well they didn’t look any better on Monday night with Baltimore scoring 27 points on 6.1 YPP. Two Lamar Jackson fumbles led directly to 14 points for the Raiders. We expect Pittsburgh to put plenty of points on the board here vs a bad Vegas defense while the Raiders will struggle on offense. LV HC Gruden is just 15-25 ATS the week after an outright underdog win and the Raiders are 1-7 ATS their last 8 after a Monday night game. Steelers roll.