Notes on Car/Min game and Pitt/Jax game

[NoChance]

Both of these games' lines are dependant on questionable players. I found it interesting on scoreandodds.com they state the following:

For Car/Min:
If Smith plays: Car -3 o/u 37
If Smith is out: Car -1 o/u 35.5

So, expect this line to hover inbetween until a decision is made and then expect the line to instantly move accordingly.

For Pitt/Jax:
If Big Ben plays: Pit -1 o/u 36.5
If Big Ben is out: Jax -2 o/u 36.5

That is how it opened. Currently Big Ben is expected to start and the line has settled at Pit -1. If for some reason this changes expect it to move to Jax -2.

I just found these interesting tidbits and it may help some of you plan....

[Lori]

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If Big Ben plays: Pit -1 o/u 36.5
If Big Ben is out: Jax -2 o/u 36.5


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Interesting that he has no impact on the totals.

Lori

[sygamel]

Another piece of information worth considering is just because a Steve Smith or Big Ben plays/starts doesn't mean he will play well nor be able to make it through the whole game. It may be fair to assume that the lines would be Pitt -3 and Car -3.5 if each were fully healthy.

[NoChance]

Last week it dropped 3 points and then batch came in and still ran an "effective" offense. Much different case for Carolina. They were totally lost.