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Pittsburgh Steelers @ New England Patriots
NE

Sunday, September 20 at 1:00 PM EDT

PIT

+4.5

+180

Total

41.5

NE

-4.5

-218

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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 +4.5-105
SpreadNE -4.5-115
TotalOver 41.5-112
TotalUnder 41.5-108
MoneylinePIT to win+180
MoneylineNE to win-218

How games at these numbers have gone

  • The key number. 4.5 sits half a point past 4, one of the margins games actually land on. That hook is most of what you are paying for or getting here.
  • Spread 4.5 — the 4-6 point band. In 1,055 games since 1999 the favorite covered 49.2% of the time — a coin flip once the 95% range (46.2–52.2%) is taken into account.
  • Total 41.5 — spread in the 3-7 point band. Games with a spread this size went over 49.5% of the time across 3,551 of them.

Last three seasons

PIT

21-15-1 ATS · 21-16 SU · 18-19 O/U

21-15-1 against the spread

NE

21-16-2 ATS · 21-18 SU · 23-16 O/U

went over in 23 of 39

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

New England Patriots open a 4.5-point favorite over Pittsburgh Steelers — about 69% implied to win outright. The 41.5 total prices it near 23–19.

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

New England Patriots went 14–3 in 2025 — #2 of 32 by point differential (+10.0/g), but +1.5 of those wins outran their scoring margin, a regression flag.

New England Patriots face one of the NFL's toughest 2026 schedules (strength of schedule #6).

2025 team profiles

Pittsburgh Steelers

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

New England Patriots

2025 record14-3Point diff / game+10.0Pythag wins (rank)12.5 (#2)2026 SOS rank#6

Props on the board — PIT @ NE