NFL Week 15 Picks: Will Your Team Win?
By Joe Wedra
Dec 7, 2014; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium. The Steelers won 42-21. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
Pittsburgh Steelers (8-5) @ Atlanta Falcons (5-8), 1:00 Sunday
Our guest for this game is Kim Myers from Nice Pick Cowher.
What do the Steelers have to do to win?
Kim: It’s very simple what the Steelers have to do to win not only this game, but to win out and secure the division. They have to protect the football and score touchdowns. The offense has been frustratingly inconsistent from week to week so they have to stop beating themselves. The defense is going to give up big plays, I don’t have any faith that they won’t, so the offense has to be prepared to outscore every team they face and to do that they’ll need to not turn the football over and finish drives with touchdowns instead of field goals.
How big will playing in a dome play a factor in this one?
Kim: I think that it could be like a kid in a candy store to see what Le’Veon Bell can do on the turf considering the performances he’s put out so far this season in outdoor stadiums. Provided the offensive line’s stellar play continues, if the Steelers offense gets rolling it could be very entertaining. No disrespect to the Falcons fanbase but the Steelers generally don’t have issues with crowd noise in visitor stadiums so that doesn’t pose a problem either.
Final score prediction and why?
Kim: I feel like the Steelers offense will have to outscore people, as I stated before. I think that Atlanta will get in some big plays and put points up on the board but ultimately the Steelers won’t revert back to the W-L-W-L roller coaster they started the season on and take this one, 37-17.