#121 ASA PLAY ON Pittsburgh Steelers -6.5 over Detroit Lions, Saturday at 1 PM ET - Pittsburgh head coach Mike Tomlin has said he will play his starters in this one including QB Russell Wilson. The offense has not been good thus far in the pre-season under new OC Smith who we feel is a big upgrade over last year’s OC Canada. After scoring only 15 total points in their first 2 pre-season games, expect the Steelers really push to put points on the board and pick up some positive momentum heading into the regular season. Last week was flat out poor for this Pitt offense but in week 1 they showed some life averaging 6.0 YPP vs the Texans but just couldn’t put points on the board. We think that changes today. Wilson and Justin Fields are in a battle for the starting job and it looks like both will get extensive action here. Meanwhile, Detroit played their starters last week in a 24-23 last second win @ KC and most, if not all, will sit this one out. So while Pitt will be going with 2 NFL level starters at QB in this one, the Lions will be using Nate Sudfeld, Hendon Hooker, and Jake Fromm under center. We mentioned Detroit’s win last week @ KC, however in their first pre-season game, they sat most of their starters as well and lost to the Giants 14-3 getting outgained by 1.2 YPP. This game is much more important for the Steelers who are 0-2 in the pre-season and really need something positive coming out of this game. Tomlin has always been a “want to win in the pre-season” coach with an 18-4 SU record the previous 6 seasons prior to this year. You can bet he absolutely wants to win this one and convincingly if he can. Pittsburgh wins by at least a TD on Saturday afternoon.