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Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cleveland Browns
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Thursday, October 1 at 8:15 PM EDT

PIT

-2.5

-135

Total

40.5

CLE

+2.5

+114

Bet it or track it

Tap a price to send it to your DraftKings betslip. Tail it and it grades into My Record once the game is final — pushes settle as pushes, which matters when 3 decides one NFL game in seven.

SpreadPIT -2.5-110
SpreadCLE +2.5-110
TotalOver 40.5-110
TotalUnder 40.5-110
MoneylinePIT to win-135
MoneylineCLE to win+114

How games at these numbers have gone

  • The key number. 2.5 sits half a point short of 3, one of the margins games actually land on. That hook is most of what you are paying for or getting here.
  • Spread 2.5 — the 0-3 point band. In 1,473 games since 1999 the favorite covered 49.8% of the time — a coin flip once the 95% range (47.3–52.4%) is taken into account.
  • Total 40.5 — spread in the 0-3 point band. Games with a spread this size went over 48.9% of the time across 1,466 of them.

Last three seasons

PIT

21-15-1 ATS · 21-16 SU · 18-19 O/U

21-15-1 against the spread

CLE

12-23 ATS · 8-27 SU · 16-19 O/U

12-23 against the spread

Measured on 7,276 games with a closing line and a final score. Records cover three seasons and describe the team — they are not a signal, and every situational split we measured lands at a coin flip. Context, not a pick — see every band.

The Read

Pittsburgh Steelers open a 2.5-point favorite over Cleveland Browns — about 57% implied to win outright. The 40.5 total prices it near 22–19, a low-scoring script.

Pittsburgh Steelers went 10–7 in 2025 — #17 of 32 by point differential (+0.6/g).

Cleveland Browns went 5–12 in 2025 — #28 of 32 by point differential (-5.9/g).

Cleveland Browns drew one of the softest 2026 slates (strength of schedule #32).

2025 team profiles

Pittsburgh Steelers

2025 record10-7Point diff / game+0.6Pythag wins (rank)8.8 (#17)2026 SOS rank#19

Cleveland Browns

2025 record5-12Point diff / game-5.9Pythag wins (rank)5.5 (#28)2026 SOS rank#32

Props on the board — PIT @ CLE