One of the biggest stories this season has been the contract holdout between LeVeon Bell and the Pittsburgh Steelers. LeVeon's teammates thought he would report to the team Wednesday and end his holdout in time for Week 1. LeVeon did the same thing last year. But this year he is taking a different approach and holding out to the tune of $855,000 per game. Many of his teammates were surprised and made comments that LeVeon is placing himself over the team. Starting Guard Ramone Foster tweeted this picture of 'WHERE's WALDO' regarding Bell. So this is clearly a DISTRACTION.
On the other hand Cleveland is a revamped team with a new veteran QB in Tyrod Taylor and is a bitter focused rival. The Browns have added alot of talent in the offseason. They always play the Steelers tough. The Hedgie thinks the key to this game is Tyrod Taylor. He's an accomplished Veteran QB. He has a winning record in the NFL as a starting QB and the only QB with a better interception rate over the past 3 years is Tom Brady. Taylor has had 20 Ints in 3 seasons. He's a great game manager and has talent around him. Not only is will Tyrod be running the offense but guess who his Offense coordinator is?? The old coordinator of the Steelers : TODD HALEY . Haley is not only a good coordinator but you think he has some intel on the Steelers personelle ??
The Browns will give the Steelers all it can handle and may pull the outright win.
Browns +5 4 stars
Another Angle The Hedgie is playing in week 1 is DEFENSES being AHEAD of the Offenses. This is typically the case as the season opens and you witnessed this in the Eags/Falcs game opening night.
JAGS/Giants UNDER 43 2 stars
VIKES/49ers UNDER 46 2 stars
Jags -140 Moneyline (win outright) 1 star
Bengals +3 1 star