Defense, cold weather too much for Dallas
Source: O-R Online
This isn't America's Team versus the Steel Curtain, but it's pretty darn close.
With the Dallas Cowboys at Heinz Field today to face the Steelers, it will match a high-powered offense against the league's best defense - an unstoppable force versus an immovable object.
It also matches a pair of teams involved with the playoff races in their respective conferences.
Despite an 8-4 record, Dallas would not be in the NFC playoffs if the playoffs started this weekend.
Pittsburgh (9-3), meanwhile, currently holds the AFC's No. 2 seed.
But with four weeks left, plenty can change.
The Cowboys last played 10 days ago and suffered two key injuries during a victory over Seattle on Thanksgiving.
Running back Marion Barber has a dislocated toe, while outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware - the NFL's sack leader - hyperextended his knee. Barber did not make the trip to Pittsburgh.
The Steelers are as healthy as they have been all season, but will be without left tackle Marvel Smith and defensive end Brett Keisel.
The Steelers are favored by three points, that being owed to the home-field advantage. And the home field could be the difference in this one.
How will the Cowboys handle playing in the cold on Heinz Field's notoriously slick surface? The guess here is not well.
Take the Steelers, 23-17
This isn't America's Team versus the Steel Curtain, but it's pretty darn close.
With the Dallas Cowboys at Heinz Field today to face the Steelers, it will match a high-powered offense against the league's best defense - an unstoppable force versus an immovable object.
It also matches a pair of teams involved with the playoff races in their respective conferences.
Despite an 8-4 record, Dallas would not be in the NFC playoffs if the playoffs started this weekend.
Pittsburgh (9-3), meanwhile, currently holds the AFC's No. 2 seed.
But with four weeks left, plenty can change.
The Cowboys last played 10 days ago and suffered two key injuries during a victory over Seattle on Thanksgiving.
Running back Marion Barber has a dislocated toe, while outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware - the NFL's sack leader - hyperextended his knee. Barber did not make the trip to Pittsburgh.
The Steelers are as healthy as they have been all season, but will be without left tackle Marvel Smith and defensive end Brett Keisel.
The Steelers are favored by three points, that being owed to the home-field advantage. And the home field could be the difference in this one.
How will the Cowboys handle playing in the cold on Heinz Field's notoriously slick surface? The guess here is not well.
Take the Steelers, 23-17
posted by The Gryphon at 9:47 AM
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