How many games will the Pittsburgh Steelers win in the 2020 NFL season? We look at BetMGM‘s projected win total and the Over/Under odds, while looking back at the 2019 season and key offseason roster changes.
Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2019 season
The Steelers have missed the playoffs in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2012-2013. The near season-long absence of QB Ben Roethlisberger – who suffered an elbow injury in Week 2 – draws a large share of the blame for 2019’s 8-8 finish, though Pittsburgh was still able to finish second in the AFC North.
The Steelers went 9-7 against the spread, but they lost by an average of 0.9 points per game and failed to cover by 1.3 PPG. They also went just 4-12 against the Over/Under and failed to cover the point projections by 4.9 PPG. The defense held the opposition to just 18.9 PPG, but QBs Mason Rudolph and Devlin Hodges guided the offense to a poor 18.1 PPG in place of Big Ben.
Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2020 offseason changes
The Steelers have had a largely uneventful offseason for the first time in a while, following the sagas of RB Le’Veon Bell and WR Antonio Brown in recent years. Pittsburgh didn’t have a first-round draft pick after acquiring S Minkah Fitzpatrick during the 2019 campaign. WR Chase Claypool (Notre Dame) was the team’s first selection in the 2020 draft in the second round.
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Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2020 schedule
| WEEK | OPPONENT | LOCATION |
| 1 | New York Giants | Road |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Home |
| 3 | Houston Texans | Home |
| 4 | Tennessee Titans | Road |
| 5 | Philadelphia Eagles | Home |
| 6 | Cleveland Browns | Home |
| 7 | Baltimore Ravens | Road |
| 8 | BYE | |
| 9 | Dallas Cowboys | Road |
| 10 | Cincinnati Bengals | Home |
| 11 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Road |
| 12 | Ravens | Home |
| 13 | Washington Redskins | Home |
| 14 | Buffalo Bills | Road |
| 15 | Bengals | Road |
| 16 | Indianapolis Colts | Home |
| 17 | Browns | Road |
Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2020 win total: Best bets
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Odds last updated Sunday, May 3 at 3 p.m. ET.
Projected wins: 9 / OVER: -115 / UNDER: -105
The Steelers pulled off an 8-8 season and a second-place finish in the division without Roethlisberger. They’re now projected for just one more win with him back under center and with Claypool joining the offense as the No. 2 option to WR JuJu Smith-Schuster.
Bet the OVER 9 (-115) and count on a push being the worst-case scenario. Pittsburgh went 3-3 in divisional play a year ago. They’ll play just four teams from the 2019 playoffs this year, in addition to the two games against the division champion Ravens. Look at the Steelers to win exactly 10 games with +300 odds for an even greater return on your investment.
New to sports betting? A $10 bet on the Steelers to win more than 9 games would return a profit of $8.70. The same wager to win exactly 10 games returns a profit of $30.
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