The Pittsburgh Steelers will need to defeat the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 17 and hope the Baltimore Ravens lose to the Cleveland Browns if they are they are to make the playoffs this season. But if the opening lines are anything to go by, while the Steelers are expected to win easily this weekend, it seems the bookmakers have little faith in the Browns holding up their end of the deal.
Although Pittsburgh opened as 17-point favorites on Sunday night, a line that had fallen to 14-points as of Monday afternoon, Cleveland opened as 7.